Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
MARCUS AURELIUSLook beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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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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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in 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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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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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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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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