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Aurelius, Meditations 3.15: Be not deceived; for thou shalt never live to read thy moral commentaries, no...
aurelius meditations
Be not deceived; for thou shalt never live to read thy moral commentaries, nor the acts of the famous Romans and Grecians; nor those excerpta from several books; all which thou hadst provided and laid up for thyself against thine old age. Hasten therefore to an end, and giving over all vain hopes, help thyself in time if thou carest for thyself, as thou oughtest to do.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (c. AD 170) · aur_03_xv
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