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Never esteem of anything as profitable, which shall ever constrain thee either to break thy faith, or to lose thy modesty; to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to dissemble, to lust after anything, that requireth the secret of walls or veils.

Marcus Aureliusマルクス・アウレリウス

Meditations, Book 3, Section VIII·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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