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Momentary Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
- All things are the same, familiar in enterprise, momentary in endurance, coarse in substance. All things now are as they were in the day of…
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- When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius
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- Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. — Lord Chesterfield
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- Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary. — Mahatma Gandhi
- Drunkeness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness. — Bertrand Russell
- Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. — Horace
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