Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
MARCUS AURELIUSDo 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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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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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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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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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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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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The best revenge is not to do as they do.
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Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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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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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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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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