Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
MARCUS AURELIUSHow much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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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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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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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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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 universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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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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