Meditations, 1.11

Marcus Aurelius  translated by George Long

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11From Fronto[9] I learned to observe what envy, and duplicity, and hypocrisy are in a tyrant, and that generally those among us who are called Patricians are rather deficient in paternal affection.

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Notes

  • [9] Cornelius Fronto was a rhetorician, and in great favour with Marcus. There are extant various letters between Marcus and Fronto.