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Black mug, handle on the right: "Make thyself all simplicity." Marcus Aurelius, beside one upright line.
Black mug, handle on the left, showing the same Marcus Aurelius line from the Meditations.
Black mug, front view between the two prints, with the edges of the Aurelius quote on each side.

“Make thyself all simplicity.”Marcus Aurelius · Quote Mug

Coffee, one window, no phone. Ten quiet minutes before the day gets a vote.

A few lines later he gets blunt: "Thou must turn to profit the present by the aid of reason and justice."

15 oz ceramic mug. Hand wash recommended.

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$27
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations IV.26, tr. George Long, 1862.

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