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“In the morning when thou findest thyself unwilling to rise, consider with thyself presently, it is to go about a man's work that I am stirred up. Am I then yet unwilling to go about that, for which I myself was born and brought forth into this world?”
Meditations, Book 5, Section I·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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