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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius No one can lose either the past or the future.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius 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.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius 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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