Verses 1-4 from Book 1 of The Meditations of the Emperor Mar

0:00 The meditations, book one,

0:02 verses one through four.

0:05 I learned from my grandfather verses to use

0:07 good manners

0:08 and to put restraint on anger.

0:10 In the famous memory of my father,

0:13 I had a pattern of modesty and manliness.

0:16 Of my mother,

0:17 I learned to be pious and generous,

0:19 to keep myself not only from evil deeds,

0:22 but even from evil thoughts,

0:24 and to live with a simplicity

0:26 which is far from customary among the rich.

0:29 I owe it to my great grandfather

0:31 that I did not attend public lectures and

0:34 discussions,

0:35 but had good and able teachers at home.

0:38 And I owe him also the knowledge

0:41 that for things of this nature,

0:42 a man should count no expense to great.

0:46 End of recording.