For the present is the only thing of which a man can be deprived, if it is true that this is the only thing which he has, and that a man cannot lose a thing if he has it not. Remember that all is opinion.
 Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (c. 170 - 180). copy citation

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Author Marcus Aurelius
Source Meditations
Topic opinion present
Date c. 170 - 180
Language English
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Note Translated by George Long
Weblink http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.mb.txt

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