Be Such — Marcus Aurelius Quote Mug

The fourth meeting this month about company values. Slides, a workshop, a new poster in the break room. Nothing has changed.

"No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such."
— Marcus Aurelius
Meditations X.16, tr. George Long, 1862. We check every line against a primary source.

The emperor of Rome wrote this in a private notebook. It's the whole entry. He didn't add anything.

First cup. Then go do the thing.

Read the full story behind this quote: Marcus Aurelius Was the Most Powerful Man in the World. He Still Wrote Himself Notes About How to Be Better.

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