History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne 1
History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne 1
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, 1838-1903
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Their doc- trine on this latter point harmonised well with their anti pathy to the emotional side of our being. ' To weep, to complain, to groan, is to rebel ;'^ ' to fear, to grieve, to be angry, is to be a deserter.'^ ' Kemember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has or- dained. It may be short or it may be long. If He wishes you to represent a poor man, do so heartily ; if a cripple, or a magistrate, or a private man, in each case act your part with honour.'^ * Never ...say of anything that you have lost it, but that you have restored it : your wife and child die — ^you have restored them ; your farm is taken from you — that also is restored. It is seized by an impious ^ Ep, xli. There are some beautiful sentiments of this kind in Plutarch's treatise^ De Sera Nummis VnuUcta. It was a saying of Pythagoras, that ^ we become better as we approach the gods.' ' Marc. Aur. iii 6. * Marcus Aurelius. * Seneca, iV«/*. Nat, Quad, iii. * Marc Aur. x. 26. • Epict Ench, xvii.
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