| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 9057 |
| AUTHOR: | Marcus Aurelius (121180) |
| QUOTATION: | The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Meditations. vii. 61. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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