53. Do you wish to be praised by a man who curses himself thrice every hour?
Would you wish to please a man who does not please himself?
Does a man please himself who repents of nearly everything that he does?
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 53
Content:
53. Do you wish to be praised by a man who curses himself thrice every hour?
Would you wish to please a man who does not please himself?
Does a man please himself who repents of nearly everything that he does?