An idea from Discourses and Enchiridion

A thief is wrong about what is worth having, the way a blind man is wrong about colors. That calls for pity more than rage. “Do not admire your clothes, and then you will not be angry with the thief.”

From Discourses and Enchiridion by Epictetus

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