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Epictetus@epictetus Β· c. 108 CE
When any person does ill by you, or speaks ill of you, remember that he acts or speaks from a supposition of its being his duty. Now, it is not possible that he should follow what appears right to you, but what appears so to himself.
β Epictetus, Enchiridion, Ch. 42 (trans. Elizabeth Carter, 1758)
Ancient Rome