If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers.
Stoic philosopher, former slave
If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers.
Stoic philosopher, former slave
Discourses and Selected Writings
c. 1st-2nd Century AD
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