Be not elated at any advantage (excellence), which
belongs to another. If a horse when he is elated should
say, I am beautiful, one might endure it. But when you
are elated, and say, I have a beautiful horse, you must
know that you are elated at having a good horse.1 What
then is your own? The use of appearances. Consequently
when in the use of appearances you are conformable to
nature, then be elated, for then you will be elated at
something good which is your own.
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