“No state sorrier than that of the man who keeps up a continu…”

“No state sorrier than that of the man who keeps up a continual round, and pries into "the secrets of the nether world," as saith the poet, and is curious in conjecture of what is in his neighbour's heart.”

— Marcus Aurelius

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Title: Wikiquote: Marcus Aurelius
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II, 13

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Aurelius, Marcus. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Marcus Aurelius. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius

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