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do it of your own desire, and like the Sun you will be loved.
XVIII.What you should not do, you should not entertain the thought of doing.
XIX.A pirate was cast ashore and perishing through hunger. And a certain man took clothing and gave it to him, and brought him into his house and supplied the rest of his needs. And some one having reproached him in that he had done good unto the wicked, I had this respect, he answered, not unto the man, but unto mankind.[1]
XX.If you would be good, then first believe that you are evil
XXI.It must be understood that a conviction does not easily arise in a man unless he shall every
- ↑ οὐ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἔφη, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἀνθρώπινον τετίμηκα. It is not certain that this fragment is by Epictetus.
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