Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

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Until philosophers are kings, and the princes 
of this world have the spirit and power 
of philosophy, and political greatness and 
wisdom meet in one, cities will never cease 
from ill — no, nor the human race, as I 
believe — and then only will our state have a possibility 
of life, and see the light of day." "The truth is, that the 
state in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is 
best and most quietly governed, and the state in which 
they are most willing is the worst."  

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