No state sorrier than that of the man who keeps up a continual round, and pries into "the secrets of the nether world," as saith the poet, and is curious in conjecture of what is in his neighbour's heart.


II, 13 - Meditations (c. 161–180 CE) - Book II

Marcus Aurelius Quotes

No state sorrier than that of the man who keeps up a continual round, and pries into the secrets of the nether world, as saith the poet, and is...

No state sorrier than that of the man who keeps up a continual round, and pries into the secrets of the nether world, as saith the poet, and is...

No state sorrier than that of the man who keeps up a continual round, and pries into the secrets of the nether world, as saith the poet, and is...

No state sorrier than that of the man who keeps up a continual round, and pries into the secrets of the nether world, as saith the poet, and is...