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The Teaching of Epictetus

Book 5 — CHAPTER XIV.

T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston translation

that everything hath two handles.

Every matter hath two handles—by the one it may be carried; by the other, not. If thy brother do thee wrong, take not this thing by the handle, He wrongs me; for that is the handle whereby it may not be carried. But take it rather by the handle, He is my brother, nourished with me; and thou wilt take it by a handle whereby it may be carried.

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