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.
MARCUS AURELIUSWaste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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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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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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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 love.
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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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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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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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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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