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Be cheerful, also, and seek n...

Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be kept straight by others.

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Do not act as if you had a th...

Do not act as if you had a thousand years to live.

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When the sovereign spirit wit...

When the sovereign spirit within us is true to nature, it stands poised and ready to adjust to every change in circumstances and to seize each new opportunity. It doesn't approach an object with prejudice or preconception, but handles each thing dispassionately before embracing it and, if necessary, finds advantage in what opposes it. It is like fire in this regard. Whereas a feeble flame might suffocate under a pile of dry sticks, a robust fire consumes everything it touches. The more objects of any kind heaped on it, the higher it rises, the hotter it burns.

Marcus Aurelius 881 quotes

Adorn thyself with simplicity...

Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that Law rules all. And it is enough to remember that law rules all.

Marcus Aurelius 881 quotes

Even the stoics agree that ce...

Even the stoics agree that certainty is very hard to come at; that our assent is worth little, for where is infallibility to be found?

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A man must stand erect, not b...

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

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A man makes no noise over a g...

A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another as a vine to bear grapes again in season.

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Keep yourself simple, good, p...

Keep yourself simple, good, pure, serious, and unassuming; the friend of justice and godliness; kindly, affectionate, and resolute in your devotion to duty.

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It is within our power not to...

It is within our power not to make a judgement about something, and so not disturb our minds; for nothing in itself possesses the power to form our judgements.

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The wrongdoer is often the pe...

The wrongdoer is often the person who left something undone, rather than the person who has done something

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When you find an unwillingnes...

When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, make this short speech to yourself: I am getting up now to do the business of a man; and am I out of humour for going about that I was made for, and for the sake of which I was sent into the world? Was I then designed for nothing but to doze and keep warm beneath the counterpane? Well! but this is a comfortable way of living.

Marcus Aurelius 881 quotes

Because a thing is difficult ...

Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for man to do, assume that it must fall within your own capacity.

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He who flies from his master ...

He who flies from his master is a runaway; but the law is master, and he who breaks the law is a runaway. And he also who is grieved or angry or afraid, is dissatisfied because something has been or is or shall be of the things which are appointed by Him who rules all things, and He is Law, and assigns to every man what is fit. He then who fears or is grieved or is angry is a runaway.

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From Apollonius I learned fre...

From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a moment, except to reason.

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Thou art a little soul bearin...

Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.

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How barbarous, to deny men th...

How barbarous, to deny men the privilege of pursuing what they imagine to be their proper concerns and interests! Yet, in a sense, this is just what you are doing when you allow your indignation to rise at their wrongdoing; for after all, they are only following their own apparent concerns and interests. You say they are mistaken? Why then, tell them so, and explain it to them, instead of being indignant.

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Death, like birth, is one of ...

Death, like birth, is one of nature's mysteries, the combining of primal elements and dissolving of the same into the same.

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Outward objects cannot take h...

Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression comes from herself, and it is her own motions which affect her. As for the contingencies of fortune, they are either great or little, according to the opinion she has of her own strength.

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A lucky chance is constant in...

A lucky chance is constant in nothing but inconstancy.

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Consider how many do not even...

Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you.

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