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A MEDITATION

“ Cato would rather have been Cato than any of the philosophers before him.

— Cato the Younger

via Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger 68

On virtue

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A reflection

The highest ambition isn't to become a copy of someone impressive — it's to become fully yourself, well. Imitation can be a starting point, but the goal is to have your own life so well-lived that copying it would be a downgrade.

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