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 AURELIUSThe 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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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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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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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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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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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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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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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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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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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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