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Thee Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
- Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to…
- Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of…
- Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among…
- Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily
- Short is the little time which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain.
- But if anything in thy own dispositiongives thee pain, who hinders thee from correcting thy opinion? And even if thou art pained because thou art…
- Death hangs over thee, While thou still live, while thou may, do good.
- All things are in the act of change; thou thyself in ceaseless transformation and partial decay, and the whole universe with thee.
- Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity ...
- Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober,…
- If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with…
- Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, o Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is in due time…
- Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous with thee.
- Do what nature now requires. Set thyself in motion, if it is in thy power, and do not look about thee to see if any…
- A little time, and thou shalt close thy eyes; and him who has attended thee to thy grave, another soon will lament.
- Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.
- There are three relations [between thee and other things]: the one to the body which surrounds thee; the second to the divine cause from which…
- Why dost thou not pray... to give thee the faculty of not fearing any of the things which thou fearest, or of not desiring any…
- In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if thou bear in…
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