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Who Is There Whom Bright And Agreeable Children Do Not Attract To Play And Creep And Prattle With Them?
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Who is there whom bright and agreeable children do not attract to
play and creep and prattle with them?
-- Epictetus (c. 60 AD)
-- Concerning a Person whom he treated with Disregard,
-- Discourses, Book ii, Chap. xxiv
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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