Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
MARCUS AURELIUSTo refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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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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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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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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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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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 things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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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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Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter. Cold or warm.
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