A Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Everything is banal in experience, fleeting in duration, sordid in content; in all respects the same today as generations now dead and buried have found it to be.

Marcus Aurelius

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Banal Buried Content Dead Duration Everything Experience Fleeting Found Generations Now Respects Same Today

Quote Author

Marcus Aurelius
Roman - Leader
121 - 180

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