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What is wickedness? It is that which many time and often thou hast already seen and known in the world. And so oft as anything doth happen that might otherwise trouble thee, let this memento presently come to thy mind, that it is that which thou hast already often Seen and known.

Marcus Aureliusマルクス・アウレリウス

Meditations, Book 7, Section 1·121-180 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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