The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
MARCUS AURELIUSIf you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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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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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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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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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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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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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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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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Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
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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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