THE best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.
MARCUS AURELIUS. MEDITATIONS. Book vi. 5.
PUBLIC this be thy only joy, and thy only comfort, from one sociable kind action without intermission to pass unto another, God being ever in thy mind.
MARCUS AURELIUS. MEDITATIONS. Book vi. 6.
CHARITABLE actions, and a holy disposition, is the only fruit of this earthly life.
MARCUS AURELIUS. MEDITATIONS. Book vi. 27.
TAKE heed lest at any time thou stand so affected, though towards unnatural lived men, as ordinary men are commonly one towards another.
MARCUS AURELIUS. MEDITATIONS. Book vi. 6.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This pretty much sums up today's readings. Good advice for all of us.
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