“Meditations” Book VII: Passage XXIV

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.

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