Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.
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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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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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Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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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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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
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