A passage from Epictetus
Epictetus, Enchiridion 25
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Has anyone been honoured above you at an entertainment, or in being saluted, or in being invited to a consultation? If these things are good, you ought to rejoice that he has got them; and if they are evil, don't be grieved that you have not got them.
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