When you face someone’s insults, hatred, whatever… look at his soul. Get inside him. Look at what sort of person he is. You’ll find you don’t need to strain to impress him.
But you do have to wish him well. He’s your closest relative. The gods assist him just as they do you – by signs and dreams and every other way – to get the things he wants.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Modern Library. 2003. P.123, Book 9, #27. Also see The Internet Classics Archive | The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (mit.edu)
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