{"date":"August 11","id":"08-11","intro":["Epictetus advises that if a person speaks ill of you, make no defense, but answer: “He surely knew not of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these only.”"],"minutes":11,"readings":[{"author":"Epictetus","end":182,"start":176,"volume":2,"work":"Golden Sayings"}],"slug":"august-11","status":"proofread","title":"Clever Repartee of Epictetus","url":"/harvard-classics/august-11/","words":2106}