Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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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Life is opinion.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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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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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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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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He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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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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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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