Quote of Marcus Aurelius - If you suffer pain because of...
Biography - Marcus Aurelius:
Born: 121 - Died: 180
Period:
2nd century
Place of birth: Italy
Note
">i>If you suffer pain because of some external cause, what troubles you is not the thing but your decision about it, and this it is in your power to wipe out at once."
BOOK VIII, 47
Source: Meditations
Translation
(French, German)
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