How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
MARCUS AURELIUSIt never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me.
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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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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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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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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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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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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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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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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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