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Swede

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Mon Nov 11, 2024, 10:54 AM Nov 11

Marcus Aurelius, 2000 years ago - "To expect bad men not to do wrong is madness" [View all]

Lots of people voted for Trump, not believing the fucking words coming out of his mouth.

“To expect bad men not to do wrong is madness, for he who expects this desires an impossibility. But to allow men to behave so to others, and to expect them not to do you any wrong, is irrational and tyrannical.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations XI.18

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