Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.[ὅσῳ χαλεπώτερα ἐπιφέρουσιν αἱ ὀργαὶ καὶ λῦπαι αἱἐπὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις, ἤπερ αὐτά ἐστιν ἐφ οἷς ὀργιζόμεθα καὶλυπούμεθα.]

Source:Meditations (ed. Penguin, 1964), (tr. Staniforth), Book 11, #18, Page 173
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