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Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Annius Verus
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