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We must be careful, too, not to fall into a habit of
listless sauntering in our gait, so as to look like carriers in festal processions, or of hurrying too fast,
when time presses. If we do this, it puts us out of
breath, our looks are changed, our features distorted;
and all this is clear evidence of a lack of poise. But1
it is much more important that we succeed in keeping our mental operations in harmony with Nature's
laws. And we shall not fail in this if we guard
against violent excitement or depression, and if we
keep our minds intent on the observance of propriety.
1 (2) in inward self-control.
M. Tullius Cicero. De Officiis. With An English Translation. Walter Miller. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1913.
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