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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, available in Auren as a public-domain ebook in the United States.
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12chapters
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Book I
From my grandfather Verus1 I learned good morals and the government of my temper.
From the reputation and remembrance of my father,2 modesty and a manly character.
From my mother,3 piety and beneficence, and abstinence, not only from evil deeds, but even from evil thoughts; and further, simplicity in my way of living, far removed from the habits of the rich.
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