Marcus Aurelius: Be straightforward. Look at things like a man, like a human being, like a citizen, like a mortal.

Be straightforward. Look at things like a man, like a human being, like a citize — Marcus Aurelius

Be straightforward. Look at things like a man, like a human being, like a citizen, like a mortal.

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