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When pain is unbearable it destroys us when it does not it is bearable.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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Politician
Roman Emperor
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The Eternal City
Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Marcus Annius Verus
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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