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.
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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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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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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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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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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Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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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 impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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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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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
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