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

—  Marcus Aurelius, book Meditations

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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