记住，冒犯你的并不是辱骂你或打你的人，而是你对这些事的看法：你认为它们是冒犯。因此，当有人激怒你时，你要明白，激怒你的是你自己的看法。
― 爱比克泰德《手册》第20章现代化措辞
AI 把这份 1877 年的译文改写成了今天的英语。改动的只是措辞：每一处改写都与原文核对过，以保留其确切含义。
“Remember that it is not he who reviles you or strikes you, who insults you, but it is your opinion about these things as being insulting. When then a man irritates you, you must know that it is your own opinion which has irritated you.”
George Long 译，1877 年