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He Would Be The Finer Gentleman That Should Leave The World Without Having Tasted Of Lying Or Pretence Of Any Sort, Or Of Wantonness Or Conceit.
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He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without
having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or
conceit.
-- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD)
-- Meditations, ix, 2
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