Quote #4
A man should be upright, not kept upright.
More from Marcus Aurelius
- The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing.
- Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
- You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.
- By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
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- Whatever happens at all happens as it should; you will find this true, if you watch narrowly.