“Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
Marcus Aurelius”

—  Marcus Aurelius, book Meditations

Source: Meditations

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Emperor of Ancient Rome 121–180

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