Epictetus · The Handbook
Chapter 20
English
Remember: it is not the one who reviles you or hits you who humiliates you, but your judgment that these people are humiliating you. So when someone provokes you, understand that it is your own assumption that has provoked you. Try, therefore, above all, not to be swept away by the impression. Once you gain time and delay, you will find it easier to master yourself.
Greek
μέμνησο, ὅτι οὐχ ὁ λοιδορῶν ἢ ὁ τύπτων ὑβρίζει, ἀλλὰ τὸ δόγμα τὸ περὶ τούτων ὡς ὑβριζόντων. ὅταν οὖν ἐρεθίσῃ σέ τις, ἴσθι, ὅτι ἡ σή σε ὑπόληψις ἠρέθικε. τοιγαροῦν ἐν πρώτοις πειρῶ ὑπὸ τῆς φαντασίας μὴ συναρπασθῆναι· ἂν γὰρ ἅπαξ χρόνου καὶ διατριβῆς τύχῃς, ῥᾷον κρατήσεις σεαυτοῦ.
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