A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
MARCUS AURELIUSIt 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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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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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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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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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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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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