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Marcus Aurelius wrote the phrase 'Live a good life'

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NOT THEIR WORDS

widely repeated as theirs — the record says otherwise

Wikiquote lists this among quotations MISATTRIBUTED to Marcus Aurelius — the words are widely repeated as theirs, and the archive records that they are not. This quote may be a paraphrase of "Meditations", Book II

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Wikiquote: Marcus Aurelius

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This quote may be a paraphrase of "Meditations", Book II

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