Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
MARCUS AURELIUSReceive without conceit, release without struggle.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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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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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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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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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
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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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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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Do not be ashamed of help.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.
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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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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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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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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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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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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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