From Rohan Healey's Greeks to Geeks: Practical Stoicism for the 21st Century:
"Epictetus: 'If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.'
Epictetus: 'If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say, 'He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned!"'
Epictetus: 'It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.'"
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