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Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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