Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose thy self-respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything which needs walls and curtains... Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - Page 244by Paul Barron Watson - 1884 - 338 pagesFull view - About this book
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