The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
MARCUS AURELIUSTake full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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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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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
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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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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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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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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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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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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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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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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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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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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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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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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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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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