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 AURELIUSAdapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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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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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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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 art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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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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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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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 ranks of the insane.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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