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Marcus Aurelius · Meditations

Meditation 121 of 412 · Book V

XXX

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XXX. Let death surprise me when it will, and where it will, I may be εὔμοιρος, or a happy man, nevertheless.

For he is a happy man, who in his lifetime dealeth unto himself a happy lot and portion. A happy lot and portion is, good inclinations of the soul, good desires, good actions.

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