"The true Cynic must know that he is sent as a Messenger from God to men, to show unto them that as touching good and evil they are in error; looking for those where they are not to be found, nor ever bethinking themselves where they are."
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Epictetus Golden Sayings of Epictetus, 113, as translated by Hastings Crossley.
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