A very ridiculous thing it is, that any man should dispense with vice and wickedness in himself, whi...

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A very ridiculous thing it is, that any man should dispense with vice and wickedness in himself, which is in his power to restrain; and should go about to suppress it in others, which is altogether impossible.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius

Emperor of Ancient Rome

121 - 180AD

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