The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
MARCUS AURELIUSThe first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around 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 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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Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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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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Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.
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For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.
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How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
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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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