Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of affection, and freedom, and justice, and to give thyself relief from all other thoughts.
From his personal reflections, advising how to approach each task with virtuous intent and focused attention.
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But intellect in a peculiar manner tends to that which is of the same kin, and combines with it, and the feeling for communion is not interrupted.
How small a part of the boundless and unfathomable time is assigned to every man, for it is very soon swallowed up in the eternal!
What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?
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