HOW hast thou carried thyself hitherto towards
the Gods? towards thy Parents? towards thy
Brethren? towards thy Wife? towards thy Children?
towards thy Masters? thy foster Fathers? thy
Friends? thy Domestics? thy Servants? Is it so
with thee, that hitherto thou hast neither by word
nor deed wronged any of them? Remember withal
through how many things thou hast already passed,
and how many thou hast been able to endure; so
that now the Legend of thy life is full, and thy
charge is accomplished. Again, how many truly
good things have certainly by thee been discerned?
how many pleasures, how many pains hast thou
passed over with contempt? how many things externally
glorious hast thou despised? towards how
many perverse unreasonable men, hast thou carried
thyself kindly, and discreetly?
MARCUS AURELIUS. MEDITATIONS. Book xii. 27
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