Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
In the original Greek
Μηκέθ̓ ὅλως περὶ τοῦ οἷόν τινα εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα διαλέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ εἶναι τοιοῦτον.
Meditations · 180
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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 10.
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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 10.