Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
MARCUS AURELIUSYou have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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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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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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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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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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Do not be ashamed of help.
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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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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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