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           Thetownmouseandthecountrymouse.Distressandagitationofthetownmouse.

           23.Socratesusedtocallpopularbeliefs"themonstersunderthebed"—onlyusefulforfrighteningchildrenwith.

           24.AtfestivalstheSpartansputtheirguests’seatsintheshade,butsatthemselvesdownanywhere.

           25.SocratesdecliningPerdiccas’sinvitation"soastoavoiddyingathousanddeaths"(byacceptingafavorhecouldn’tpayback).

           26.ThisadvicefromEpicureanwritings:tothinkcontinuallyofoneofthemenofoldwholivedavirtuouslife.

           27.ThePythagoreanstellustolookatthestarsatdaybreak.Toremindourselveshowtheycompletethetasksassignedthem—alwaysthesametasks,thesameway.Andtheirorder,purity,nakedness.Starswearnoconcealment.

           28.Socratesdressedinatowel,thetimeXanthippetookhiscloakandwentout.Thefriendswhowereembarrassedandavoidedhimwhentheysawhimdressedlikethat,andwhatSocratessaidtothem.

           29.Masteryofreadingandwritingrequiresamaster.Stillmoresolife.

           30."...Foryou/Arebutaslaveandhavenoclaimtologos."

           31."Butmyheartrejoiced."

           32."Andjeeratvirtuewiththeirtauntsandsneers."

           33.Stupidityisexpectingfigsinwinter,orchildreninoldage.

           34.Asyoukissyoursongoodnight,saysEpictetus,whispertoyourself,"Hemaybedeadinthemorning