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Old 12-09-2010, 04:11 AM   #964
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..... Now much time and leisure doth he gain, who is not curious to know what his neighbour hath said, or hath done, or hath attempted, but only what he doth himself, that it may be just and holy? or to express it in Agathos' words, Not to look about upon the evil conditions of others, but to run on straight in the line, without any loose and extravagant agitation.
..........— Marcus Aurelius Antonius (121-180 C.E.), Roman Emperor, Stoic philosopher. Meditations, IV, 15.
George Seldes and David Laskin presented a more succinct translation of that thought:

.....How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
..........— Marcus Aurelius Antonius (121-180 C.E.), Roman Emperor, Stoic philosopher. Meditations. Quoted in The Great Thoughts (1985, Introduction and a new compilation © 1996 by David Laskin) by George Seldes.
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