It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
MARCUS AURELIUSThink 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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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
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He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
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Life is opinion.
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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 blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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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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It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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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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