“A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
“You must die erect and unyielding.”
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XXXVII: On Allegiance to Virtue
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