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Aug 21 · 9:05 amQuote

"It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own. If a god appeared to us—or a wise human being, even—and prohibited us from concealing our thoughts or imagining anything without immediately shouting it out, we wouldn't make it through a single day. That's how much we value other people's opinions-instead of our own."

— Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Book 12 (quote, Motivational, stoicism)