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If you are insulted, bear it; the insult is in the judgment, not in the words.
Epictetus · Enchiridion · paraphrase
What it means today

Words are sounds; the insult is what you add to them. If you refuse to add the judgment of injury, the insult has no place to land.

Try this todayLet one insult today fall without adding the judgment of injury to it.
Today’s questionWhere does the insult live — in the words, or in my judgment?
#insult#judgment#forbearance
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