From Marcus Aurelius 7.71
Book 7.71
“It’s silly to try and escape other people’s faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.”
Excerpt From: Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius. “Meditations.”
- “71. How ridiculous not to flee from one’s own wickedness, which is possible, yet endeavor to flee from another’s, which is not.”
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