Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
In the case of all things which have a certain constitution, whatever harm may happen to any of them, that which is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Remember that there is a God who desires neither praise nor glory from men created in his image, but rather that they,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich - who can deny it? But when you… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Anything that is beautiful is beautiful just as it is. Praise forms no part of its beauty, since praise makes things neither… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
When you have done a good deed that another has had the benefit of, why do you need a third reward-as fools… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If any man has done wrong, the harm is his own. But perhaps he has not done wrong. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“We should remark the grace and fascination that there is even in the incidentals of Nature's processes.. When a loaf of bread,. for instance,.… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
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… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“If therefore it be a thing external that causes thy grief, know, that it is not that properly that doth cause it, but thine… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
