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By Marcus Aurelius
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
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- The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (translated by George Long), Book V, section 16
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- Translated by George Long; Project Gutenberg text, eBook #15877
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From the Meditations (Marcus Aurelius's private notebook, written in Greek, probably in the 170s), Book V, section 16, in George Long's English translation. Marcus Aurelius wrote in Greek, so this is the translator's wording.