Here’s What Not To Do

A brief introduction to Cicero got me thinking this morning. A cautionary tale for those of us who like to live in the world of ideas. (It me.)

He loved to talk about it, he was fascinated by it intellectually, but his ego and his expensive tastes got in the way of actually practicing it day to day.

It’s easier to want to curate a vibe that projects an identity than to practice a discipline in obscurity.

He loved the art of rhetoric more than the practice of virtue.

And, as always, “actions speak louder than words” in the long game.