That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
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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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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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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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 art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
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Life is opinion.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
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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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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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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.
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