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Marcus Aurelius quotes: The body of an actor can be either his best friend or his worst enemy. The body of an actor can be either his best friend or his worst enemy.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind. Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle. Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Everything is but what we think it. Everything is but what we think it.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Do unsavory armpits and bad breath make you angry? Do unsavory armpits and bad breath make you angry?
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life. Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: And I observed that he had overcome all passion for boys; And I observed that he had overcome all passion for boys;
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse. Think of the country mouse and of the town mouse, and of the alarm and trepidation of the town mouse.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life. Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: The infallible man does not exist. The infallible man does not exist.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: In everything that you do, pause and ask yourself if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives you of this In everything that you do, pause and ask yourself if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives you of this
Marcus Aurelius quotes: He that lives alone lives in danger; society avoids many dangers. He that lives alone lives in danger; society avoids many dangers.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Sixth, consider when thou art much vexed or grieved, that man's life is only a moment, and after a short time we are all laid out dead. Sixth, consider when thou art much vexed or grieved, that man's life is only a moment, and after a short time we are all laid out dead.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: That which is not good for the bee-hive, cannot be good for the bee. That which is not good for the bee-hive, cannot be good for the bee.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Men exist for each other. Then either improve them, or put up with them. Men exist for each other. Then either improve them, or put up with them.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: The universe is change, and life mere opinion The universe is change, and life mere opinion
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control. Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite;
keep reason under its own control.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Severally on the occasion of everything that thou doest, pause and ask thyself, if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives thee of this. Severally on the occasion of everything that thou doest, pause and ask thyself, if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives thee of this.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others. When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Today I escaped all circumstance, or rather I cast out all circumstance, for it was not outside me, but within my judgements. Today I escaped all circumstance, or rather I cast out all circumstance, for it was not outside me, but within my judgements.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Wait for it patiently - annihilation or metamorphosis. Wait for it patiently - annihilation or metamorphosis.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man. If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: For it is according to nature, and nothing is evil which is according to nature. For it is according to nature, and nothing is evil which is according to nature.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: The earth loveth the shower," and "the holy aether knoweth what love is." The Universe, too, loves to create whatsoever is destined to be made. The earth loveth the shower," and "the holy aether knoweth what love is." The Universe, too, loves to create whatsoever is destined to be made.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something. A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so. Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: It is no evil for things to undergo change, and no good for things to subsist in consequence of change. 43. It is no evil for things to undergo change, and no good for things to subsist in consequence of change. 43.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Nothing is as encouraging as when virtues are visibly embodied in the people around us, when we're practically showered with them. Nothing is as encouraging as when virtues are visibly embodied in the people around us, when we're practically showered with them.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: And he who pursues pleasure will not abstain from injustice, and this is plainly impiety. And he who pursues pleasure will not abstain from injustice, and this is plainly impiety.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Nowhere you can go is more peaceful - more free of interruptions - than your own soul. Especially Nowhere you can go is more peaceful - more free of interruptions - than your own soul. Especially
Marcus Aurelius quotes: You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: When you deal with irrational animals, with things and circumstances, be generous and straightforward. You are rational; they are not. When you deal with irrational animals, with things and circumstances, be generous and straightforward. You are rational; they are not.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: All things from eternity are of like forms and come round in a circle. All things from eternity are of like forms and come round in a circle.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please. Remember that all things are only opinion and that it is in your power to think as you please.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: This is moral perfection: to live each day as though it were the last; to be tranquil, sincere, yet not indifferent to one's fate. This is moral perfection: to live each day as though it were the last; to be tranquil, sincere, yet not indifferent to one's fate.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: The nature of the All moved to make the universe. The nature of the All moved to make the universe.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: To read with diligence; not to rest satisfied with a light and superficial knowledge, nor quickly to assent to things commonly spoken of: To read with diligence; not to rest satisfied with a light and superficial knowledge, nor quickly to assent to things commonly spoken of:
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Change your attitude to the things that bother you and you will be aware of them. Change your attitude to the things that bother you and you will be aware of them.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: 8. It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you - inside or out. 8. It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you - inside or out.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: You are a spirit, bearing the weight of a dead body, as Epictetus used to say. You are a spirit, bearing the weight of a dead body, as Epictetus used to say.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: To pursue the impossible is madness: but it is impossible for evil men not to do things of this sort. To pursue the impossible is madness: but it is impossible for evil men not to do things of this sort.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily
Marcus Aurelius quotes: If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs? Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Life is opinion. Life is opinion.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: In the ways of Nature there is no evil to be found. In the ways of Nature there is no evil to be found.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Why do we shrink from change? What can come into being save by change? Why do we shrink from change? What can come into being save by change?
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Of all existing things some are in our power, and others are not in our power. Of all existing things some are in our power, and others are not in our power.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind. Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: You should banish any thoughts of how you may appear to others. You should banish any thoughts of how you may appear to others.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Nature insists on whatever benefits the whole. Nature insists on whatever benefits the whole.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: You have a mind? - Yes. Well, why not use it? Isn't that all you want - for it to do its job? You have a mind? - Yes. Well, why not use it? Isn't that all you want - for it to do its job?
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding. Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: For all things fade and turn to fable, and quickly too, utter oblivion covers them like sand. For all things fade and turn to fable, and quickly too, utter oblivion covers them like sand.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Find joy in simplicity, self-respect, and indifference to what lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race. Follow the divine. Find joy in simplicity, self-respect, and indifference to what lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race. Follow the divine.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject. The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time. My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: To be free of passion and yet full of love. To be free of passion and yet full of love.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: 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. 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 Aurelius quotes: Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking. Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Do nothing against thy will, nor contrary to the community, nor without due examination, nor with reluctancy. Do nothing against thy will, nor contrary to the community, nor without due examination, nor with reluctancy.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: But that which is useful is the better. But that which is useful is the better.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile. There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine. Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Kingship: to earn a bad reputation by good deeds. Kingship: to earn a bad reputation by good deeds.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own. It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed. Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself. Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: The rottenness of the matter which is the foundation of everything! The rottenness of the matter which is the foundation of everything!
Marcus Aurelius quotes: People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time - even when hard at work. People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time - even when hard at work.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours. Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: In the same degree in which a man's mind is nearer to freedom from all passion, in the same degree also is it nearer to strength. In the same degree in which a man's mind is nearer to freedom from all passion, in the same degree also is it nearer to strength.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: The best revenge is not to be like your enemy. The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: We are the other of the other We are the other of the other
Marcus Aurelius quotes: What am I but a little flesh, a little breath, and the thinking part that rules the whole? What am I but a little flesh, a little breath, and the thinking part that rules the whole?
Marcus Aurelius quotes: To breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. To breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills. Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: A man's life is what his thoughts make of it. A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear. Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Don't live as though you were going to live a myriad years. Fate is hanging over your head; while you have life, while you may, become good. Don't live as though you were going to live a myriad years. Fate is hanging over your head; while you have life, while you may, become good.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Let every action aim solely at the common good. Let every action aim solely at the common good.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: He who has seen the present has seen everything, that which happened in the most distant past and that which will happen in the future. He who has seen the present has seen everything, that which happened in the most distant past and that which will happen in the future.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: All things are changing; and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction and the whole universe to. All things are changing; and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction and the whole universe to.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune. Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right is to be none the less free than you were before. Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right is to be none the less free than you were before.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one. Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Let no act be done without a purpose, nor otherwise than according to the perfect principles of art. Let no act be done without a purpose, nor otherwise than according to the perfect principles of art.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Stupidity is expecting figs in winter, or children in old age. Stupidity is expecting figs in winter, or children in old age.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: obsequious courting of the mob obsequious courting of the mob
Marcus Aurelius quotes: No thefts of free will reported."[ - Epictetus.] No thefts of free will reported."[ - Epictetus.]
Marcus Aurelius quotes: We are born for cooperation, as are the feet, the hands, the eyelids, and the upper and lower jaws. We are born for cooperation, as are the feet, the hands, the eyelids, and the upper and lower jaws.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment, as if the time left for you were some pleasant surprise. Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment, as if the time left for you were some pleasant surprise.
Marcus Aurelius quotes: This is enough. Do not add, And why were such things made in the world? This is enough. Do not add, And why were such things made in the world?

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