EPICTETUS. FRAGMENTS. 46.
IN my Father, I observed his meekness; his
constancy without wavering in those things,
which after a due examination and deliberation,
he had determined. How free from all vanity he
carried himself in matter of honour and dignity,
(as they are esteemed ) his laboriousness, and
assiduity, his readiness to hear any man, that
had aught to say, tending to any common good:
how generally and impartially he would give every
man his due; his skill and knowledge, when rigour
or extremity, or when remissness or moderation
was in season.
MARCUS AURELIUS. MEDITATIONS. Book i. 13.
To live as gently as I can;
ReplyDeleteTo be, no matter where, a man;
To take what comes of good or ill
And cling to faith and honor still;
To do my best, and let that stand
The record of my brain and hand;
And then, should failure come to me,
Still work and hope for victory.
To have no secret place wherein
I stoop unseen to shame or sin;
To be the same when I'm alone
As when my every deed is known;
To live undaunted, unafraid
Of any step that I have made;
To be without pretense or sham
Exactly what men think I am.
From My Creed - Edgar Albert Guest