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Men despise one another and flatter one another and men wish to raise themselves above one another, and crouch before one another.

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
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