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βWhen, therefore, anyone provokes you, be assured that it is your own opinion which provokes you.
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What does this quotation mean?
The following advice is to gain time before reacting. This does not excuse another person's wrongdoing.
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Source: The Enchiridion , Section XX
Edition: Thomas Wentworth Higginson translation Β· Translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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