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Think not so much of what you lack as of what you have: but of the things that you have, select the best, and then reflect on how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.
Think not so much of what you lack as of what you have: but of the things that you have, select the best, and then reflect on how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.
Approximate author period: c. 150 AD · classical
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- Marcus Aurelius
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- Approximate author period: c. 150 AD · classical
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 121 to 180; Wikidata Q1430, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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