“If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: “He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.”

— Epictetus

Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher about 100 BCE.  The quote came to me via Nancy W on Facebook.  Nancy is the creator of, among other thing, Clonehenge.

I’m currently reading a book titled The First Clash by Jim Lacey.  It is about the battle of Marathon between the Greeks and the Persians.  Very interesting.