"It is a ridiculous thing for a man……" — Marcus Aurelius
"It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to fly from other men's badness, which is impossible."
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608 Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,…
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do…
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Confine yourself to the present.
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in…
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you…
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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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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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More Badness Quotes
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You can tell when you have crossed the frontier into Germany because of the badness of the coffee.
— Edward VII
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It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be…
— Alexander Hamilton
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What's the meaning of goodness if there isn't a little badness to overcome?
— Unknown Author
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A real turnoff for guys is any girl who is way too into them. Like, you`re being way too nice.…
— Kellan Lutz
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Dirty Love wasn't written and directed, it was committed. Here is a film so pitiful, it doesn't rise to the…
— Roger Ebert
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Le Chiffre was serving a wonderful purpose, a really vital purpose, perhaps the best and highest purpose of all. By…
— Ian Fleming
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If you’re comparing the badness of two words and you won’t even say one of them [the n-word], that’s the…
— John Mulaney
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The Bible is one long story of God meeting our rebellion with His rescue, our sin with His salvation, our…
— Tullian Tchividjian
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It is easy to love friends and sweethearts. This is selfish love. Higher love embraces enemies and all ugly, bad…
— Michio Kushi
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Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to…
— C.S. Lewis
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Most companies aim to get bigger. But beyond a certain point, bigness becomes synonymous with badness. Think of Big Pharma,…
— Andrew Hill
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Sending children away to get control of their anger perpetuates the feeling of 'badness" inside them...Chances are they were already…
— Otto Weininger
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