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- If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with…
- There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.
- Man is born for deeds of kindness.
- The universal nature out of the universal substance, as if it were wax, now molds a horse, and when it has broken this up, it…
- Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man.
- The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where a man can…
- What use do I put my soul to? It is a serviceable question this, and should frequently be put to oneself. How does my ruling…
- Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in their…
- Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the gods will ask…
- 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…
- Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise.
- Wherever a man lives, he may live well.
- When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, make this short speech to yourself: I am getting up now to do the…
- But if we judge only those things which are in our power to be good or bad, there remains no reason either for finding fault…
- The things... which are proper to the understanding no other man is used to impede, for neither fire, nor iron, nor tyrant, nor abuse, touches…
- If man reflects on the changes and transformations which follow one another like wave after wave and their rapidity, he will despise everything which is…
- He who flies from his master is a runaway; but the law is master, and he who breaks the law is a runaway. And he…
- Reverence the gods, and help men. Short is life.
- As thou thyself art a component part of a social system, so let every act of thine be a component part of social life. Whatever…
- Yet living and dying, honour and dishonour, pain and pleasure, riches and poverty, and so forth are equally the lot of good men and bad.…
- 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…
- It is satisfaction to a man to do the proper works of a man.
- The mind which is free from passions is a citadel, for man has nothing more secure to which he can fly for refuge and for…
- Rememberest the gods, and that they wish not to be flattered, but wish all reasonable beings to be made like themselves; and... rememberest that what…
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