Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
MARCUS AURELIUSHow ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
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Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
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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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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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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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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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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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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 object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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