To care for all men is according to man's nature, and a man should hold on to the opinion not of all, but of those only who confessedly live according to nature. But as to those who live not so, he always bears in mind what kind of men they are both at home and from home, both by night and by day, and what they are, and with what men they live an impure life. Accordingly, he does not value at all the praise which comes from such men, since they are not even satisfied with themselves. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Book 3.
Image: Legionaries in formation. They look like real people, either reenactors or a film production but the only credit I could find (including on Google images) was a reference to Creative Assembly producers of "Total War: Rome 2" (?)
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