On the recordJanuary 1, 175
If this is neither my own badness, nor an effect of my own badness, and the common weal is not injured, why am I troubled about it, and what is the harm to the common weal?
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Marcus Aurelius
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Editor's note · Context
Marcus Aurelius poses a self-reflective question, challenging the impulse to be troubled by circumstances that do not stem from his own failings and do not harm the common good.
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