Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Marcus Aurelius wrote it to himself, in a tent, on campaign, most likely tired of listening to other men debate the point. Nearly two thousand years on and it still ends the conversation in one line, straight out of Meditations, old public domain translation and all.

The quote sits carved into a marble tablet, with a small bronze laurel bust standing beside it. Part of the Stoics series, so it lines up nicely with the rest of the set on the shelf.

For the man who has heard quite enough opinions on the matter and would rather just get on with it.