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No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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Waste not the remnant of thy life in those imaginations touching other folk, whereby thou contributest not to the common weal.
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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.
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I consist of a little body and a soul.
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No one can lose either the past or the future - how could anyone be deprived of what he does not possess? ... It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have.
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If any man should conceive certain things as being really good, such as prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude, he would not after having first conceived these endure to listen to anything which should not be in harmony with what is really good.
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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.
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Withdraw to the untroubled quietude deep within the soul, and refresh yourself.
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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, just?
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Remember that neither the future nor the past pains thee, but only the present. But this is reduced to a very little, if thou only circumscribest it, and chidest thy mind, if it is unable to hold out against even this.
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Practice really hearing what people say. Do your best to get inside their mind.
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From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose and to look to nothing else, not even for a moment, except to reason and to be always the same, in sharp pains, on the occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness.
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
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Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty... For what task, then, were you yourself created?
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Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.
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Never act without purpose and resolve, or without the means to finish the job.
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Be not disgusted, nor discouraged, nor dissatisfied, if thou dost not succeed in doing everything according to right principles but when thou bast failed, return back again, and be content if the greater part of what thou doest is consistent with man's nature, and love this to which thou returnest
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Vex not thy spirit at the course of things, they heed not thy vexations
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Death - a stopping of impressions through the senses, and of the pulling of the cords of motion, and of the ways of thought, and of service to the flesh.
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Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.
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