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Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it.
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Consider First The Nature Of The Business

Epictetus
Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it.
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