The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
MARCUS AURELIUSEverything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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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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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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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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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
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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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Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
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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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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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Do not be ashamed of help.
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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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