A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
MARCUS AURELIUSAll things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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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.
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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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