How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
MARCUS AURELIUSWaste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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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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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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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.
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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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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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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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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
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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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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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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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