Whenever you desire to cheer yourself, think upon the merits of those who are alive with you; the energy of one, for instance, the modesty of another, the generosity of a third, of another some other gift. For nothing is so cheering as the images of the virtues shining in the character of your contemporaries, and meeting together as much as possible in a group. Therefore you should keep them ready at your hand.
-Marcus Aurelius "Meditations VI"
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