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For the present is the only thing of which a man can be deprived, if…
Quote byMarcus Aurelius · 121–180
English (original)
For the present is the only thing of which a man can be deprived, if it is true that this is the only thing which he has, and that a man cannot lose a thing if he has it not.
— Marcus Aurelius
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