Remember that it is not he who gives abuse or
blows who affronts; but the view we take of these
things as insulting. When, therefore, any one provokes you, be assured that it is your own opinion
which provokes you. Try, therefore, in the first
place, not to be bewildered by appearances. For if
you once gain time and respite, you will more easily
command yourself.
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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