Every thing has two handles, the one by which it may
be borne, the other by which it may not. If your brother
acts unjustly, do not lay hold of the act by that handle
wherein he acts unjustly, for this is the handle which
cannot be borne: but lay hold of the other, that he is
your brother, that he was nurtured with you, and you will
lay hold of the thing by that handle by which it can be
borne.
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The Discourses of Epictetus, with the Encheridion and Fragments. Epictetus. George Long. translator. London. George Bell and Sons. 1890.
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