Marcus Aurelius: It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and for t

It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compos — Marcus Aurelius

It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and for the mind not to be regulated and composed by itself.

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