Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Marcus Aurelius) quote: "Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them."

And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
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The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.
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Whatever any one does or says, I must be good.
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Nothing happens until something moves.
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Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence.
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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly a...
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Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own ...
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ra...
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS

Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS

You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.
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Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; pra...
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Very little is needed to make a happy life.
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Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that...
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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Nothing happens to any thing which that thing is not made by nature to bear.
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-re...
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In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to...
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How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only a...
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By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
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Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; a...
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Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of eve...
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Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt alway...
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It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them...
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your est...
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason ...
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the futur...
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What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.
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Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise ...
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Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.
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Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday.
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The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations ...
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When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is...
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There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.
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Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.
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Be content to seem what you really are.
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You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.
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Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be...
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The act of dying is one of the acts of life.
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Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
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Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education wit...
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Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with ...
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The universe is transformation: life is opinion.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Poverty is the mother of crime.
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The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
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Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
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Each day provides its own gifts.
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finis...
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I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet ...
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To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.
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How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought t...
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for s...
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to lo...
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher...
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault o...
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
MARCUS AURELIUS

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your est...
MARCUS AURELIUS

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
MARCUS AURELIUS

The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing; the main thing is to stand firm an...
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Your life is what your thoughts make it.
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And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
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Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, ...
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Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
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Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the go...
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I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than the rest of men, but yet sets less ...
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Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own ...
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A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.
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Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, t...
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To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits...
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One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, th...
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The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
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Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man--yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. S...
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Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
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Where a man can live, he can also live well.
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Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
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A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
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Always observe how ephemeral and worthless human things are. Pass then through this little space of ...
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Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself go...
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Let it judge that nothing is either bad or good which can happen equally to the bad man and the good...
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dy...
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In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his senses a dim rushli...
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If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them...
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Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that tim...
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.
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He tells himself over and over again in any choice presented to him, 'Prefer the hard.' This holds g...
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Perfection of character consists in this; living each day as if it were the last, and spending each ...
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Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against ma...
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When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
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He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
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Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would ...
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, This is a mi...
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When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and...
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Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is unc...
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A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.
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Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself g...
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-re...
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Glory paid to our ashes comes too late
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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is
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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury
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So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become ...
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own ...
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Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of ...
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How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.
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How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only ...
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When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungra...
MARCUS AURELIUS

Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortu...
MARCUS AURELIUS

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt alway...
MARCUS AURELIUS

Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolen...
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know th...
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When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetra...
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet ...
MARCUS AURELIUS

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
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If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I see...
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,bu...
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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Each day provides its own gifts
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Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature,
that it is content wit...
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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, wh...
MARCUS AURELIUS

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the n...
MARCUS AURELIUS

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, ...
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Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatu...
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought t...
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Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.
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We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grape...
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To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
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That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ra...
MARCUS AURELIUS

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly al...
MARCUS AURELIUS

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.
MARCUS AURELIUS

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they wo...
MARCUS AURELIUS

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
MARCUS AURELIUS

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;...
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We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and ...
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, b...
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, ...
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason ...
MARCUS AURELIUS

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to...
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imaginatio...
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For a man can lose neither the past nor the future; for how can one take from him that which is not ...
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From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unre...
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He misses what is meant by epigram - who thinks it only frivolous flimflam
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'Tis easy to write epigrams nicely but to write a book is hard
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The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ra...
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I would rather smell of nothing than of perfume
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Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away ...
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Come, Caesar, even by night - let stars delay; If thou but come, thy folk will find it day
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To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution
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Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday
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The guest at the lower end of the middle couch, with three hairs on his bald head and his scalp stre...
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Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolen...
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Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly; but it stands fast and around it th...
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Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, t...
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Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.

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Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.

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