The deity which is planted within him, makes a man uncontaminated by pleasure, unharmed by any pain, untouched by any insult, feeling no wrong, a fighter in the noblest fight, one who cannot be overpowered by any passion, dyed deep with justice, accepting with all his soul everything which happens as assigned to him as his portion. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Book 3.
Image: Reconstruction of Hadrian's Stadium Garden at his villa in Tivoli courtesy of the Rome Reborn Project - Hadrian's Villa Reborn.
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