Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
MARCUS AURELIUSIt is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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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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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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