I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
MARCUS AURELIUSMisfortune nobly born is good fortune.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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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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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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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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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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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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