Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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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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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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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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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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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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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
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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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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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