How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
MARCUS AURELIUSDo not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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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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Confine yourself to the present.
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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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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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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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All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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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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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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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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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Life is opinion.
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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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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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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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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 be like your enemy.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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