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“A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.”
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Marcus Aurelius
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Meditations
Ἀδικεῖ πολλάκις ὁ μὴ ποιῶν τι, οὐ μόνον ὁ ποιῶν τι.
IX, 5
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IX
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