In the east there lived a sage who taught his disciples this way:
“People insult in three ways. They may say you are stupid, they may call you a slave, they may call you untalented. If this happens to you, remember a simple truth: only a fool will call another a fool, only a slave looks for a slave in another, only a mediocrity justifies what he himself does not understand by someone else’s madness. Therefore, never be offended by anyone, and do not insult yourself, so as not to be branded as stupid, untalented slaves.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru