56 quotes by Marcus Aurelius

“Do every act of your life as if it were your last.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Men exist for the sake of one another.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“To live happily is an inward power of the soul.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.” — Marcus Aurelius

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