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- It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you…
- Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
- Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will…
- It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them.
- People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
- Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.
- Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
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