Make thyself neither a tyrant or slave of any man

Pass through the rest of life like one who has entrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man.  Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations. Book 4.


Image: Votive Statue possibly of a Pontifex Maximus but dated to the 3rd-2nd century BCE found near the Ponte Umberto in Rome terracotta that I photographed at the Terme di Diocleziano in Rome.


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