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Meditations · Marcus Aurelius

XIII. If thou shalt intend that which is present, following the rule

of right and reason carefully, solidly, meekly, and shalt not intermix

any other businesses, but shall study this only to preserve thy

spirit impolluted, and pure, and shall cleave unto him without either hope

or fear of anything, in all things that thou shalt either do or speak,

contenting thyself with heroical truth, thou shalt live happily;

and from this, there is no man that can hinder thee.