Meditations 1.3.1

Marcus Aurelius, remembering his mother

Παρὰ τῆς μητρὸς τὸ θεοσεβὲς καὶ μεταδοτικὸν καὶ ἀφεκτικὸν οὐ μόνον τοῦ κακοποιεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ ἐννοίας γίνεσθαι τοιαύτης· ἔτι δὲ τὸ λιτὸν κατὰ τὴν δίαιταν καὶ πόρρω τῆς πλουσιακῆς διαγωγῆς.

From my mother: reverence for the gods and generosity; restraint not only from doing evil, but even from entertaining such a thought; and simplicity in living, far from the way the rich live.

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