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disobedience (n.)

Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit

Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste

Brought death into the world, and all our woe.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 1.

  Let not another's disobedience to Nature become an ill to you; for you were not born to be depressed and unhappy with others, but to be happy with them. And if any is unhappy, remember that he is so for himself; for God made all men to enjoy felicity and peace.

Epictetus (Circa 60 a d): That we ought not to be affected by Things not in our own Power. Chap. xxiv.