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Epictetus – Enchiridion – A manual of Stoic living. Paragraph 45

Epictetus (55-135 CE) Enchiridion A manual for living a contented life Rendered by Charles Scamahorn (1935- ) 2014

Paragraph 45

When a person takes a bath quickly, don’t say he did it poorly, but that he did it quickly, and when a person gulps a quantity of wine don’t say he did the thing poorly, but that he drank a large quantity of wine. If you don’t know why a person did a particular act, you…