Enchiridion · Chapter 37

If You Take on a Role Beyond Your Power, You Disgrace Yourself and Neglect What You Could Fill

1 verses · If you take on a character beyond your strength, you both perform it poorly and neglect the one you could have done well. Accept only what you can carry to honor.

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  If you take on a role that is beyond your capacity, you both disgrace yourself in that…