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.
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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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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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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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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Life is opinion.
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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 best revenge is not to do as they do.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
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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 is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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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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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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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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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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