“Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.”
“Find time still to be learning somewhat good, and give up being desultory.”
Meditations. ii. 7.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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“Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.”
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