That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
MARCUS AURELIUSAdapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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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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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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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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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
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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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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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