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Do not pretend to a virtue you do not practice; the pretense will be found out.
Epictetus · Discourses · paraphrase
What it means today

A virtue claimed but not practiced is a disguise that eventually slips. It is better to admit you are still learning than to pretend you have arrived.

Try this todayAdmit one virtue you claim but do not yet practice, and stop pretending to it.
Today’s questionWhat am I pretending to be, that I have not yet become?
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