To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
MARCUS AURELIUSIf any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
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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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How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
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All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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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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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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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.
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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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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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