Make it not any longer a matter of dispute or discourse, what are the signs and proprieties of a good man, but really and actually to be such.
Source: Meditations, book 10 (1634 translation)
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Make it not any longer a matter of dispute or discourse, what are the signs and proprieties of a good man, but really and actually to be such.
Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
He who violates another's honor loses his own.
He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions, such a man is a mere article of the world’s furniture.
The gentleman, then, is the man who is master of himself, who respects himself, and makes others respect him.
My thoughts,—these are the wantons for me.
I am he whom you may see any afternoon sitting by himself and musing in D'Argenson's seat.
Civilization should be something added to this, not substituted for it,
I cannot admit that they are living the good life.
For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.
The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellences, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations.
Thought and character are one, and as character can only manifest and discover itself through environment and circumstance, the outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state.
As to going home, shame opposed the best motions that offered to my thoughts, and it immediately occurred to me how I should be laughed at among the neighbours.
The most galling of yokes is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
My heart is worth more than that of a vile mortal who dwells in your towns.
It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.
It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core....
You can control nothing but your own mind.