The Story of the Roman People An Elementary History of Rome
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He wrote many wise and sen- sible thoughts like the following : — "What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee. "Consider how much more pain is brought on us by the anger and vexation caused by such acts than by the acts themselves at which we are angry and vexed. "The best way of avenging yourself is not to become lik e the wrong- doer." MARCUS AURELIUS 208 STORY OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE Through the reign of the Five Good Emperors, eighty-four years, there had been good government in Rom...e; but if earnest, faithful Marcus Aurelius could have looked forward a few years, he might well have feared for the future of the empire. MARCUS AURELIUS TO DIOCLETIAN 209 XVI FROM MARCUS AURELIUS TO DIOCLETIAN So wise a man as Marcus Aurelius must have seen that there were several reasons why the empire was not so strong as it had been in the earlier times. In the first place, there was a lack of citizens. Vast numbers had been slain in the wars, and the custom of casting infants out to perish had become so common that the places of these men had not been filled.
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