The Wasted Teachings of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome

Gabe quotes, from Meditations, Book V, No. 28:

Art thou angry with him whose arm-pits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul? What good will this anger do thee? He has such a mouth, he has such arm-pits: it is necessary that such an emanation must come from such things—but the man has reason, it will be said, and he is able, if he takes pains, to discover wherein he offends—I wish thee well of thy discovery. Well then, and thou hast reason: by thy rational faculty stir up his rational faculty; show him his error, admonish him. For if he listens, thou wilt cure him, and there is no need of passion; leave that to actors and whores.

I respond:

Hmmm..... It's good not to get too excited by such things, I suppose. But those actors, and those whores: who can blame them?

Gabe replies with a pithy saying:

All roads lead to Rome.

I respond:

Including the road with the smelly armpit/bad breath guy, but I'm not going to get all passionate about it, like the hos and the actors do.

Gabe replies:

You cannot step into the same river twice.

I respond:

Smelly armpit/bad breath guy never stepped in a river at all: otherwise, the discussion would be moot.

Gabe puzzles at the word "hos". I elaborate:

There he is! He's foul, but he's coming to Rome, and he's got bling-bling!

To emphasize, Marcus Aurelius is well-known as the last, and the philosophic best, of the Five Good Emperors of Rome.