Epictetus his Morals, with Simplicius his comment made English from the Greek, by George Stanhope ...

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Title: Epictetus his Morals, with Simplicius his comment made English from the Greek, by George Stanhope ...
Author: Epictetus.
Publication: London :: Printed for Richard Sare ..., and Joseph Hindmarsh ...,; 1694.
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CHAP. XLI.

Let one of your Principal Rules be Silence; and when you discourse, confine your self to such Subjects as are necessary, and express your sence in as few Words as you can. But if an Opportunity happens, as sometimes perhaps it will, that makes it seasonable for you to start the Discourse, let it not be upon any of the common To∣picks of Talk, such as Plays, or Horse-Races, or Fencers, or Fashions, or Meats, or Wines, or Entertainments; which the generality of the World use to make the Subject of their Conversation. But above all things take care not to talk of other People, neither so as to censure their Conduct, nor to be lavish in their Com∣mendation, nor to make invidious Compa∣risons between one and another.