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.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe best revenge is not to do as they do.
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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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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.
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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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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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No one can lose either the past or the future.
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He is so rich, he has no room to shit.
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
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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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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
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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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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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Life is opinion.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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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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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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