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Meditations · Marcus Aurelius

XXIV. Out of Antisthenes. 'It is a princely thing to do well,

and to be ill-spoken of. It is a shameful thing that the face

should be subject unto the mind, to be put into what shape it will,

and to be dressed by it as it will; and that the mind should

not bestow so much care upon herself, as to fashion herself,

and to dress herself as best becometh her.'