In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
MARCUS AURELIUSAll men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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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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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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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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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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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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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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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 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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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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