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THE ENCHEIRIDION. self disagreeable to those who use such pleasures, nor be fond of reproving them, nor of putting yourself forward as not using them.

ι. If you shall be informed that some one has been speaking ill of you, do not defend yourself against his accusations, but answer, He little knew what other vices there are in me, or he would have said more than that.

κ. You need not go often to the arena; if how ever occasion should take you there, do not appear interested on any man's side except your own; that is to say, desire that that only may happen which does happen, and that the conqueror may be he who wins; for so shall you not be embarrassed. But shouting, and laughter at this or that, and gesticulation, all this you must utterly abstain from. And after you have gone away, do not talk much over what has passed, so far as it does not tend towards your own improvement. For from that it would appear that you had been impressed with the spectacle. λ. Do