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Common Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.
- There is change in all things. You yourself are subject to continual change and some decay, and this is common to the entire universe.
- You exist but as a part inherent in a greater whole. Do not live as though you had a thousand years before you. The common…
- When we consider we are bound to be serviceable to mankind, and bear with their faults, we shall perceive there is a common tie of…
- Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind.
- All things are linked with one another, and this oneness is sacred; there is nothing that is not interconnected with everything else. For things are…
- Always follow these two rules: first, act only on what your reasoning mind proposes for the good of humanity, and second, change your opinion if…
- The whole contains nothing which is not or its advantage; and all natures indeed have this common principle, but the nature of the universe has…
- If mind is common to us, then also the reason, whereby we are reasoning beings, is common.' If this be so, then also the reason…
- Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this…
- Where any work can be done conformably to the reason which is common to gods and men, there we have nothing to fear; for where…
- Waste not the remnant of thy life in those imaginations touching other folk, whereby thou contributest not to the common weal.
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- I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful;… — Samuel Johnson
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