If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
MARCUS AURELIUSNeither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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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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 art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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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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If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.
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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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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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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 back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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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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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
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