You could have said of him (as they say of Socrates) that he knew how to enjoy and abstain from things that most people find it hard to abstain from and all too easy to enjoy. Strength, perseverance, self-control in both areas: the mark of a soul in readiness — indomitable.
- Marcus Aurelius summarizes his father’s virtues, Meditations
- Marcus Aurelius summarizes his father’s virtues, Meditations
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