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AVhat hinders then but that these examples should be the patterns of our imitation] Thou stoodst candidate for a place in the government, and wast baulked in thy hopes ; consider that thou wilt live at ease in thy own country, following thy own affairs. WHAT HINDERS THEN BUT THAT THESE EXAMPLES SHOULD BE THE PATTERNS OF OUR IMITATION THOU STOODST CANDIDATE FOR A PLACE IN THE GOVERNMENT AND WAST BAULKED IN THY HOPES CONSIDER THAT THOU WILT LIVE AT EASE IN THY OWN COUNTRY FOLLOWING THY OWN AFFAIRS
 them, are yet so awkward in their observance, that they take her addresses on the wrong side. On the contrary, men that are wise, as the bees draw honey from the thyme, which is a most unsavory and dry herb, extract something that is convenient and useful even from the most bitter afflictions. 6, This therefore let us learn and have inculcated upon us ; like the man Avho threw a stone at a bitch, but hit his step-mother, on which he exclaimed, Not so bad. So we may often turn the direction of what Fortune obtrudes upon us contrary to our desires. Diogenes was driven into ban- ishment, but it was " not so bad " for him ; for of an exile he became a philosopher. Zeno of Citium, when he heard that the only ship he had left was sunk by an unmerciful tempest, with all the rich cargo that was in her, brake out into this exclamation : Fortune, I applaud thy contrivance, wdio by this means hast reduced me to a threadbare cloak OF THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE MIND. 143 and the piazza of the Stoics. IR LEFT HANDS SO MEN OF NO EDUCATION WHEN FORTUNE WOULD EVEN BE COMPLAISANT TO THEM ARE YET SO AWKWARD IN THEIR OBSERVANCE THAT THEY TAKE HER ADDRESSES ON THE WRONG SIDE ON THE CONTRARY MEN THAT ARE WISE AS THE BEES DRAW HONEY FROM THE THIM WHICH IS A MOST UNSAVOURY AND DRY HERB EXTRACT SOMETHING THAT IS CONVENIENT AND USEFUL EVEN FROM THE MOST BITTER AFFLICTIONS THIS THEREFORE LET US LEARN AND HAVE INCULCATED UPON US LIKE THE MAN WHO THREW A STONE AT A BITCH BUT HID HIS STEPMOTHER ON WHICH HE EXCLAIMED NOT SO BAD SO WE MAY OFTEN TURN THE DIRECTION OF WHAT FORTUNE OBTRUDES UPON US CONTRARY TO OUR DESIRES DIOGNES WAS DRIVEN INTO BANISHMENT BUT IT WAS NOT SO BAD FOR HIM FOR OF AN EXILE HE BECAME A PHILOSOPHER ZENO OF SIDIUM WHEN HE HEARD THAT THE ONLY SHIP HE HAD LEFT WAS SUNK BY AN UNMERCIFUL TEMPEST WITH ALL THE RICH CARGO THAT WAS IN HER BRAKE OUT INTO THIS EXCLAMATION FORTUNE I APPLAUD THY CONTRIVANCE WHO BY THIS MEANS HAST REDUCED ME TO A THREADBARE CLOAK IN THE PIAZZA OF THE STOICS
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