On the recordJanuary 1, 175
No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such.
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Marcus Aurelius
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gutenberg.orgMarcus Aurelius: “No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such.”
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In his personal reflections, Marcus urges a shift from theoretical discussion to practical embodiment of virtue.
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