“No man is happy who does not think himself so.”
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
Source: Meditations
“121. Happy is the man who thinks himself no better than dirt.”
Chapters on Prayer
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Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
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