Marcus Aurelius Quotes
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Poverty is the mother of crime.
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Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you…
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
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Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
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The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
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Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.
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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is…
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That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
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Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.
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The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
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A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
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Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.
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Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
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Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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