Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus · Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

72. Whatever the rational and political social faculty finds to be

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neither intelligent nor social, it properly judges to be inferior to itself.

73. When thou hast done a good act and another has received it, why dost thou still look for a third thing besides these, as fools do, either to have the reputation of having done a good act or to obtain a return?

74. No man is tired of receiving what is useful. But it is useful to act according to nature. Do not then be tired of receiving what is useful by doing it to others.