How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
MARCUS AURELIUSWhatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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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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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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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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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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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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