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Let not these things thy least concern engage ; For though thou fret, they will not mind thy rage. Him only good and hapjiy we may call Who rightly useth what doth him befall. LET NOT THESE THINGS THY LEAST CONCERN ENGAGE FOR THOUGH THOU FRET THEY WILL NOT MIND THY RAGE HIM ONLY GOOD AND HAPPY WE MAY CALL WHO RIGHTLY USETH WHAT DOTH HIM BEFALL
 with this piece of raillery : AVhat ! if you were selling a fish, would you bid it rise up ? Socrates was a philosopher in the prison, and dis- coursed Λvith his friends, though he was fettered. But Phaeton, when he climbed up into heaven, thought himself unhappy there, because nobody would give him his father's chariot and the horses of the sun. As therefore the shoe is twisted to the shape of the foot and not in the opposite way, so do the affections of the mind render the life con- formable to themselves. For it is not custom, as one observed, \vhich makes even the best life pleasant to those who choose it, but it must be prudence in conjunction with it, which makes it not only the best for its kind, but sweet- est in its enjoyment. The fountain therefore of tranquil- lity being in ourselves, let us cleanse it from all impurity and make its streams limpid, that all external accidents, by being made familiar, may be no longer grievous to us, since we shall know how to use them well. ED TO DO IT BUT RIDICULED THE AUCTIONEER WITH THIS PIECE OF RAILLERY WHAT IF YOU WERE SELLING A FISH WOULD YOU BID IT RISE UP SOCRATES WAS A PHILOSOPHER IN THE PRISON AND DISCOURSED WITH HIS FRIENDS THOUGH HE WAS FETTERED BUT PHAETON WHEN HE CLIMBED UP INTO HEAVEN THOUGHT HIMSELF UNHAPPY THERE BECAUSE NOBODY WOULD GIVE HIM HIS FATHER'S CHARIOT AND THE HORSES OF THE SUN AS THEREFORE THE SHOE IS TWISTED TO THE SHAPE OF THE FOOT AND NOT IN THE OPPOSITE WAY SO DO THE AFFECTIONS OF THE MIND RENDER THE LIFE CONFORMABLE TO THEMSELVES FOR IT IS NOT CUSTOM AS ONE OBSERVED WHICH MAKES EVEN THE BEST LIFE PLEASANT TO THOSE WHO CHOOSE IT BUT IT MUST BE PRUDENCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH IT WHICH MAKES IT NOT ONLY THE BEST OF ITS KIND BUT SWEETEST IN ITS ENJOYMENT THE FOUNTAIN THEREFORE OF TRANQUILLITY BEING IN OURSELVES LET US CLEANSE IT FROM ALL IMPURITY AND MAKE ITS STREAMS LIMPID THAT ALL EXTERNAL ACCIDENTS BY BEING MADE FAMILIAR MAY BE NO LONGER GRIEVOUS TO US SINCE WE SHALL KNOW HOW TO USE THEM WELL
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