Scipio Africanus

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I will provide you with an example so that you fully understand this point. Someone who is kindling a fire first puts a spark to the tinder. This is a remark of a brother. At this point the fire starts. What is the reason for the brother's remark? If you endure it, the spark goes out. But if you persist to think, "Why did he say that to me and what should I say in return?" And, "If he did not want to bother me he would not have said that, and he must think that I also would like to bother him." So you add a small quantity of wood to the flame, or some small amount of fuel, and you make some ...more
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