Blame and Praise

Imagine that thou seest their poor souls laid bare when they think that they do harm by their blame or good by their praise.  Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 9.



Image: The Emperor Galba, first of the four emperors in the Year of the Four Emperors, (1618-1625) by Paul Moreelse in the collection of the Prussian palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

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