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Marcus Aurelius

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ERIC MILNER-WHITE May his soul be forever tormented by fire - And his bones be dug up by dogs - And dragged through th...
GARRISON KEILLOR May it preserve thee from sorcery, from thy equals and thy kin! Undying be, immortal, exceedingly vi...
ATHARVA VEDA A poor soul burdened with a corpse,' Epictetus calls you.
MARCUS AURELIUS Thy father's merit sets thee up to view, And shows thee in the fairest point of light, To make...
JOSEPH ADDISON If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never spe...
FRANCIS QUARLES A man's thoughts dye his soul, attributed to Marcus Aurelius
ELISABETH ELLIOT When you are outraged by somebody’s impudence, ask yourself at once, “Can the world exist withou...
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONIUS You need to avoid certain things in your train of thought: everything random, everything irrelevant....
MARCUS AURELIUS Reader, I wish thee Health, Wealth, Happiness, And may kind Heaven thy Year's Industry bless.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms m...
BIBLE Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
WELLINGTON MARA England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Wh...
WILLIAM COWPER People, even independently minded people, do to an extent draw their impressions from what they are ...
NEIL KINNOCK I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
HARRY DEAN STANTON Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry ...
GEORGE CHAPMAN May the alert and the watchful divinities guard thee, may he that sleeps not and nods not guard thee...
ATHARVA VEDA How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
MARCUS AURELIUS I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have reme...
BIBLE Grant unto us, Lord, that we may set our hope on Thy name…and open the eyes of our hearts, that we...
CLEMENT OF ROME Since I came an adult - for more than 45 years - Marcus Aurelius has been my great idol.
HELMUT SCHMIDT Grant that I may radiate Thy Light, Thy Love,
Thy Healing, Thy Joy, and Thy Peace
to all t...
JONATHAN LOCKWOOD HUIE My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra an...
KAREN DUFFY Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of t...
ZOROASTER I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.
SOCRATES I pray thee, O God that I may be beautiful within
SOCRATES What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusal...
BIBLE Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may ...
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Nay, do not think I flatter. For what advancement may I hope from thee, That no revenue hast b...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's Sun to thee may never rise; Or should to-morr...
WILLIAM CONGREVE O Lord, let thyself be found with a good gift to everyone who needs it, that the happy may find cour...
SØREN KIERKEGAARD How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Thy Word. Thy Word I have treasure...
BIBLE The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.” –Marcus Aurelius...
FRANCINE JAY The dogs may bark, but the caravan moves on
JOSEPH NEEDHAM Go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, ...
BIBLE Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her ...
JOHN MILTON For this, be sure, tonight thou shalt have cramps,
Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up. ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A young dog's faith is absolute... Dogs are notorious for hope. Dogs believe that this morning, ...
DONALD MCCAIG As thy days, so shall thy strength be which, in modern language, may be translated as thy thoughts s...
EMMET FOX Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.
WILLIAM WYCHERLEY Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
BIBLE And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as whe...
BIBLE Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upo...
BIBLE And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fie...
BIBLE Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barr...
SAINT AMBROSE Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
BIBLE The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS The way people behave. They refuse to admire their contemporaries, the people whose lives they share...
MARCUS AURELIUS Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam, May I exp...
JOHN MILTON It may be an Iron Curtain for the Crazy Dogs,
MARK KELLER I had always thought, for 'Roman Empire,' I would love to do the death of Marcus Aurelius in...
ANTHONY MANN My whole stomach was in knots.
MARCUS MAY As long as you make it to the show, that's what counts.
MARCUS MAY This is the best thing ever to qualify six for state. It says a lot to do that under a new coach.
MARCUS MAY Hail to thee, far above the rest In joy of voice and pinion! Thou, linnet! in thy green array...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109 O Lord our God, grant u...
ST. ANSELM Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” �...
FRANCINE JAY Whatever may befall thee, it was preordained for thee from everlasting
MARCUS AURELIUS I prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy tidings.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Let me love Thee so that the honour, riches, and pleasures of the world may seem unworthy even of ha...
COVENTRY PATMORE Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dis...
BIBLE With Matthew at her side, Daisy browsed the row of wooden stalls that had been erected along High St...
LISA KLEYPAS Relationships are like the sand castles on the beaches,however harsh the waves may be,it can always ...
PRABHA Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-r...
MARCUS AURELIUS Tell nothing to thy friend which thy enemy may not know
DANISH PROVERB I am not saying rivers are an unimportant source of sand. I am saying they may not be a major source...
NEAL DRISCOLL Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
BEN JOHNSON Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.
BEN JONSON Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
BEN JONSON Thy sum of duty let two words contain, (O may they graven in thy heart remain!) Be humble and ...
MATTHEW PRIOR May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore,/ The parting word shall pass my lips no more!
WILLIAM COWPER Control thy passions, lest they take vengeance on thee.
EPICTETUS Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
EPICTETUS Oh! that I might repose on Thee! Oh! that Thou wouldest enter into my heart, inebriate it, that I ma...
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO The willing are led by fate, the reluctant are dragged.
CLEANTHES OF ASSOS “Look for the light regardless how faint the beam may seem. It may be clouds of darkness making it...
TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN The little dogs are allowed on the big-dog side, but the big dogs aren't allowed on the little-dog s...
HOLLY SWOAPE And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: ...
BIBLE Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these w...
BIBLE And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my ...
BIBLE When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt ...
BIBLE Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.
WILLIAM CONGREVE May the Light of God be your Guide.
DON REED SIMMONS The light may be fading on the 20th century, but the sun is still rising on America.
WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON You may be the change and light needed by others, to shine on their path.
SUNDAY ADELAJA Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear, It is not n...
JOHN KEBLE She has deceived her father, and may thee.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, / Now the sun is laid to sleep, / Seated in thy silver chair, /...
BEN JONSON The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Though desolateThe way may seem, command thy fate.Send forth thy thought -Create--CREATE!
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Let thy child's first lesson be obedience, and the second may be what thou wilt.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Then if thou hast
A heart of wreak in thee, that wilt revenge
Thine own particular wrongs...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The individual source of the statistics may easily be the weakest link.
JOSIAH STAMP Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in,
Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. <...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Go fish and hunt far and wide day by day - farther and wider - and rest thee by many brooks and hear...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU It may be objected by some that I have concentrated too much on the dry bones, and too little on the...
A.B. PIPPARD And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou ...
BIBLE May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light. May good luck pursue you each morning and night.
IRISH BLESSINGS Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The caterpillar on the leaf / Repeats to thee thy mother's grief.
WILLIAM BLAKE

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MARCUS AURELIUS Confine yourself to the present.
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MARCUS AURELIUS Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
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MARCUS AURELIUS Nothing in nature is evil.
MARCUS AURELIUS It certainly is uncomfortable for everybody. It's somewhat of an anomaly. We're still in August but ...
MARCUS AURELIUS I think if we had the same magnitude of devastation that they had, we would be very much challenged ...
MARCUS AURELIUS If it does not fit leave it, if it is not true do not say it.
MARCUS AURELIUS To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice
MARCUS AURELIUS Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee
MARCUS AURELIUS The man who has a house everywhere has a home nowhere
MARCUS AURELIUS Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear
MARCUS AURELIUS If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing
MARCUS AURELIUS I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet ...
MARCUS AURELIUS Your face is black, your hair like flame, And one eye's damaged, one foot lame: If, still, you're qu...
MARCUS AURELIUS You ask me, Linus what my field out at Nomentum is to yield? Well this it yields to me: the view, my...
MARCUS AURELIUS To yield to the stronger is valor's second prize
MARCUS AURELIUS The height of farce it is, I ween, To be so perfumed and anointed, And when one's appetite's most ke...
MARCUS AURELIUS Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking
MARCUS AURELIUS Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dy...
MARCUS AURELIUS There is no glory in outstripping donkeys
MARCUS AURELIUS Why do you wrap up your neck in a woolen muffler when you are going to recite? The muffler would be ...
MARCUS AURELIUS I could do without your face, Chloe, and without your neck, and your hands, and your limbs, and to s...
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