“No carelessness in your actions. No confusion in your words. No imprecision in your thoughts.”

Hays translation
Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.
VIII, 51
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII

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Emperor of Ancient Rome 121–180

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