XII. Whatsoever any man either doth or saith, thou must be good; not f… — Meditations

Meditations — Marcus Aurelius

XII. Whatsoever any man either doth or saith, thou must be good; not for any man's sake, but for thine own nature's sake; as if either gold, or the emerald, or purple, should ever be saying to themselves, Whatsoever any man either doth or saith, I must still be an emerald, and I must keep my colour.

Place: ¶246
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