Men exist for the sake of one another.
MARCUS AURELIUSDo what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into 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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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
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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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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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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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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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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
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