It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
MARCUS AURELIUSLook back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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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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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.
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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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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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