“A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
“Be thou erect, or be made erect.”
— Marcus Aurelius, book Meditations
VII, 12
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII
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