Source: Meditations (c. AD 121–180), Book X, 38
“Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power”
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Marcus Aurelius
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book
Meditations
X, 38
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X
Context: Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life,—there, if one must speak out, the real man.
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