Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
MARCUS AURELIUSIf it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Do not be ashamed of help.
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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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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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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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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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Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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It is not the actions of others which trouble us but rather it is our own judgments.
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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 that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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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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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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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 things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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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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