Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Stoic philosophy, Roman Emperor
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Stoic philosophy, Roman Emperor
Meditations, Book 9, Section 13 (paraphrased, but sentiment is present)
c. 161-180 AD
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