A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
MARCUS AURELIUSA noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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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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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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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 blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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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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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
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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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