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“Take care that you don't treat inhumanity as it treats human beings”
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― Meditations
“Love the discipline you know, and let it support you. Entrust
everything willingly to the gods, and then make your way through life—no
one’s master and no one’s slave.”
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everything willingly to the gods, and then make your way through life—no
one’s master and no one’s slave.”
― Meditations
“Nothing in life lives up to the hype… except being a parent.”
― The Fifth Assassin
― The Fifth Assassin
“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”
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