To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
MARCUS AURELIUSAll things fade and quickly turn to myth.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just 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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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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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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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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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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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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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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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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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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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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