Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind.
EpictetusGetting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the worldโฆ Focus on your main duty
EpictetusWe can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
Epictetus