"As the same fire assumes different shapes When……" — Marcus Aurelius
"As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So does the one Self take the shape Of every creature in whom he is present."
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Marcus Aurelius
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608 Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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