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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8999 Marus Aurelius 121-180 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8999
AUTHOR:Marcus Aurelius (121–180)
QUOTATION:No state sorrier than that of the man who keeps up a continual round, and pries into “the secrets of the nether world,” as saith the poet, and is curious in conjecture of what is in his neighbour’s heart.
ATTRIBUTION:Meditations. ii. 13.