A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
MARCUS AURELIUSTo refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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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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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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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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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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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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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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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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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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