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Death (n.) chosen over exile is a fool's choice if you think it the heavier evil, and a presumptuous one if you think it lighter — for who gave you the choosing?
A Fallacy (n.) can be the Capitol: when Epictetus pleaded that a missing step was hardly burning down the Capitol, Rufus answered that here the missing step was the Capitol.
Praise (n.) is a sign of failure in a teacher: Rufus said that if you found time to praise him, he was saying nothing of value.
Providence (n.) was never proved by Galba's fortunes; when he was murdered, Rufus asked whether he had ever cited Galba as evidence for it.
Talent (n.) shows itself under rejection: Rufus turned would-be philosophers away, because the gifted, like a stone thrown up, fall back towards their nature all the harder.