A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
MARCUS AURELIUSHe is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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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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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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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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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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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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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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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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