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LXXI

When you are attacking (or going to attack) any person violently and with threats, remember to say to yourself first, that you are (by nature) mild (gentle); and if you do nothing savage, you will continue to live without repentance and without blame.

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LXXI · Discourses (as reported by Arrian) — Epictetus · The Conscious Library