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At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that I am rising for the work of man.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Marcus Annius Verus
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