Marco Polo — "We go naked because we want nothing of this world; for we came into the world na…"
We go naked because we want nothing of this world; for we came into the world naked and unclothed.
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Observation attributed to people in a certain region he visited, as recorded in 'The Travels of Marco Polo', reflecting on materialism and human nature.
Date: c. 1300
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