Does any one bathe hastily? Do not say that he
does it ill, but hastily. Does any one drink much
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wine? Do not say that he does ill, but that he
drinks a great deal. For unless you perfectly understand his motives, how should you know if he acts
ill? Thus you will not risk yielding to any appearances but such as you fully comprehend.
The Works of Epictetus: His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments. Epictetus. Thomas Wentworth Higginson. translator. New York. Thomas Nelson and Sons. 1890.
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