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Enchiridion · 35
Chapter 35

When you do anything from a clear judgment that it ought to be done, never shun the being seen to do it, even though the world should make a wrong supposition about it; for, if you don't act right, shun the action itself; but, if you do, why are you afraid of those who censure you wrongly?

Epictetus, Enchiridion 35. Translated by Elizabeth Carter (1758). The Stoic Library.