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.
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.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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Do not be ashamed of help.
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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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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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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
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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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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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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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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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Anger cannot be dishonest.
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Life is opinion.
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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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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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