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.
MARCUS AURELIUSChoose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.
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No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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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.
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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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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Do not be ashamed of help.
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Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.
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The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
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What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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Men exist for the sake of one another.
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The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.
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Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.
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