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Meditations · Marcus Aurelius

XX. As occasion shall require, either to thine own understanding,

or to that of the universe, or to his, whom thou hast

now to do with, let thy refuge be with all speed.

To thine own, that it resolve upon nothing against justice.

To that of the universe, that thou mayest remember,

part of whom thou art. Of his, that thou mayest consider.

whether in the estate of ignorance, or of knowledge.

And then also must thou call to mind, that he is thy kinsman.