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Aurelius, Meditations 11.13: They contemn one another, and yet they seek to please one another: and whiles...
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They contemn one another, and yet they seek to please one another: and whilest they seek to surpass one another in worldly pomp and greatness, they most debase and prostitute themselves in their better part one to another.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (c. AD 170) · aur_11_xiii
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