Men exist for the sake of one another.
MARCUS AURELIUSNever esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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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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It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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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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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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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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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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