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Aurelius, Meditations 6.41: As the ordinary shows of the theatre and of other such places, when thou art ...
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As the ordinary shows of the theatre and of other such places, when thou art presented with them, affect thee; as the same things still seen, and in the same fashion, make the sight ingrateful and tedious; so must all the things that we see all our life long affect us. For all things, above and below, are still the same, and from the same causes. When then will there be an end?
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (c. AD 170) · aur_06_xli
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