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“Every man's happiness depends from himself, but behold thy life is almost at an end, whiles affording thyself no respect, thou dost make thy happiness to consist in the souls, and conceits of other men.”
Meditations, Book 2, Section III·121-180 CE

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Marcus Aurelius
マルクス・アウレリウス
121-180 CE · Roman Stoicism
Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher.
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