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Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment; and furthermore, that he can have no other life except the one he loses…
~ Marcus Aurelius Quotes
from Meditations
Self-Development Quotes on:
Action, The Moment, Life
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