It is a proper work of a man to be benevolent to his own kind, to despise the movements of the senses, to form a just judgement of plausible appearances, and to take a survey of the nature of the universe and of the things which happen in it. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Book 8.
Image: Magistrate and a judge, from the Tomb of the Augurs, c.530-520 BCE (wall painting), Etruscan, (6th century BC) / Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy (PD)
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