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What pains a person is not the external thing but their own judgement about it, which they have the power to wipe out

Drawn from what Marcus Aurelius said

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What Marcus Aurelius actually said

  1. Marcus Aurelius Roman emperor and Stoic-influenced philosopher (121 to 180)
    If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it. And it is in thy power to wipe out this judgment now.

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