"The honest and good man ought to..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius
The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near him must smell whether he choose or not.
More by Marcus Aurelius
“Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that they should deviate from the order of things now: accordingly to have contemplated human life for forty years is the same as to have contemplated it for ten thousand years.”
“Dress not thy thoughts in too fine a raiment. And be not a man of superfluous words or superfluous deeds.”
“Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and rememberer and the remembered: and all this in a nook of this part of the world; and not even here do all agree, no, not any one with himself: and the whole earth too is a point.”
More on Virtue
More on Authenticity
“Each time I write a book, every time I face that yellow pad, the challenge is so great. I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody and they’re going to find me out.”
“The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.”
“I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.”