I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
MARCUS AURELIUSFor it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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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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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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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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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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If 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.
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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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