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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. (Marcus Aurelius)
Let thy understanding enter into the things that are doing and the things which do them. View quote
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires. View quote
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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own. View quote
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A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something. View quote
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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also. View quote
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In the morning, when thou art sluggish at rousing thee, let this thought be present; "I am rising to a man's work.”. View quote
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Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing. View quote
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No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms. View quote
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Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind. View quote
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The intelligence of the universe is social. (Marcus Aurelius)
If thou canst see sharp, look and judge wisely, says the philosopher. View quote
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The nature of the All moved to make the universe. View quote
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Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space, the past. View quote
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The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing. View quote
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be. View quote
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Each day provides its own gifts. View quote
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Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life. View quote
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By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered. View quote
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune." View quote
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before. (Marcus Aurelius)
Death is a stopping of impressions through the senses, and of the pulling of the cords of motion, and of the ways of thought, and of service to the flesh. View quote
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To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing – here is perfection of character. View quote
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No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished. View quote
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In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if thou bear in mind that it has its limits, and if thou addest nothing to it in imagination. View quote
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