For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
MARCUS AURELIUSNeither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.
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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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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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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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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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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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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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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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