Triflers have no object to their activity

For those too are triflers who have wearied themselves in life by their activity, and yet have no object to which to direct every movement, and, in a word, all their thoughts.  Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 2.



Image: Mosaic panel depicting Roman dice players from Thysdrus El Djem Tunisia, 2nd century CE (PD)


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