I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
MARCUS AURELIUSBe like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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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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Life is opinion.
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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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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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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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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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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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