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Great Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
- Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!
- Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's…
- Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both.
- You need to be prepared for firm decisions and action, without losing gentleness towards those who obstruct or abuse you. It's as great a weakness…
- To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to…
- 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…
- Time is a kind of river, an irresistible flood sweeping up men and events and carrying them headlong, one after the other, to the great…
- From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou suppose it possible…
- So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a father
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