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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Quotes: It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.
         

It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.


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It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.
         



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This page presents the quote "It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible.". Author of this quote is Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. This quote is about stoicism, evil, renunciation, stoic, asceticism, ethics, morality,.