Marcus Aurelius Quote

Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character; and, if anybody reports you not to be an honest man, let your practice give him the lie; and to make all sure, you should resolve to live no longer than you can live honestly; for it is better to be nothing than a knave.


Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical (1917)


Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character; and, if anybody reports you not to be an honest man, let your practice give him the...

Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character; and, if anybody reports you not to be an honest man, let your practice give him the...

Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character; and, if anybody reports you not to be an honest man, let your practice give him the...

Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character; and, if anybody reports you not to be an honest man, let your practice give him the...