It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.Epictetus
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak
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