Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
MARCUS AURELIUSMisfortune nobly born is good fortune.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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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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Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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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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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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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.
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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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