The Handbook of Epictetus
Handbook 33.12
Translated by Clint Miller
English
When you are about to meet someone – especially one of the people regarded as important – put the question to yourself: what would Socrates or Zeno have done in this situation? Then you will not be at a loss for the right way to handle whatever comes.
Greek
ὅταν τινὶ μέλλῃς συμβαλεῖν, μάλιστα τῶν ἐν ὑπεροχῇ δοκούντων, πρόβαλε σαυτῷ, τί ἂν ἐποίησεν ἐν τούτῳ Σωκράτης ἢ Ζήνων, καὶ οὐκ ἀπορήσεις τοῦ χρήσασθαι προσηκόντως τῷ ἐμπεσόντι.
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