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Meditations IX.27
When men blame or hate thee or give utterance to some such feelings against thee, turn to their souls, enter into them, and see what sort of men they are. Thou wilt perceive that thou needest not be concerned as to what they think of thee. Yet must thou feel kindly towards them, for Nature made them dear to thee. The Gods too lend them aid in divers ways by dreams39 and oracles, to win those very things on which their hearts are set.40
- 39.See i. 17, near the end.
- 40.See ix. 11, 40.