Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
MARCUS AURELIUSDo every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
More Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
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Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.
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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
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Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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