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"If someone has hurt you, do not repay with pain, but with teaching."

— Epictetus

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Epictetus is one of the Stoic philosophers.

More quotes from Epictetus

• "Do not be led either by anger or by fear."
• "To begin is the most important part of any work."
• "Do not seek that events happen as you want, but want the events as they happen."
• "It is not from wealth that happiness comes, but from virtue."
• "Opinion is the source of all suffering."

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