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Marcus Aurelius

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

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anger

Anger cannot be dishonest.

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anger

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

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art

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

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art

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

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beauty

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

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best

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

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best

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.

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change

Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

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change

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.

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change

The universe is change our life is what our thoughts make it.

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change

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

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death

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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death

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

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death

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

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death

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

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design

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

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education

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

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fear

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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future

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

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future

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

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future

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

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good

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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good

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

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good

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

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good

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

-Marcus Aurelius

good

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

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good

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

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good

Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late the good lived yesterday.

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good

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

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good

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

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good

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

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great

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

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happiness

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

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imagination

Marcus Aurelius

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.

The universe is change our life is what our thoughts make it.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

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.

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

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.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late the good lived yesterday.

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

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