Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
MARCUS AURELIUSAccept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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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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The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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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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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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Life is opinion.
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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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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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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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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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