Be satisfied with your portion

Try how the life of the good man suits thee, the life of him who is satisfied with his portion out of the whole, and satisfied with his own just acts and benevolent disposition. Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 4.



Image: Roman relief of (L to R) a young Marcus Aurelius, his adoptive father, Antoninus Pius, a very young Lucius Verus and the emperor Hadrian, 2nd century CE.

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