Look not round at the depraved morals of others, but run straight along the line without deviating from it. Marcus Aurelius quoting Agathon. Meditations. Book 4.
Image: The Vestal Virgin, 1743, by Antonio Corradini courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Sailko. (Edited to remove distracting background elements). Corradini was court sculptor for Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. He is best known for his illusory veiled depictions of women where the contours of their face and body beneath the veil are discernible even using marble as his medium.
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