It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
MARCUS AURELIUSLive out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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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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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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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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