30. Speak both in the senate and to every man, whoever he may be, appropriately, not with any affectation: use plain discourse.
Book: Meditations
Subtitle: The classic from Marcus Aurelius.
Author: Marcus Aurelius
Chapter: Book Eight
Chapter Subtitle: This reflection also tends to the removal of the desire of empty fame, that it is no longer in your power to have lived the whole of your life, or at least your life from your youth upwards, like a philosopher; but both to many others and to yourself it is plain that you art far from philosophy.
Location: Chapter 8, Section 30
Content:
30. Speak both in the senate and to every man, whoever he may be, appropriately, not with any affectation: use plain discourse.