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You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
Philosopher
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Roman Emperor
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The Eternal City
Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Marcus Annius Verus
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What we cannot bear removes us from life what remains can be borne.
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What we do now echoes in eternity.
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Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
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Rememberest the gods, and that they wish not to be flattered, but wish all reasonable beings to be made like themselves and... rememberest that what does the work of a fig-tree is a fig-tree, and that what does the work of a dog is a dog, and that what does the work of a bee is a bee, and that what does the work of a man is a man.
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At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that I am rising for the work of man.
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People exist for one another.
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Blot out vain pomp check impulse quench appetite keep reason under its own control.
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Nothing that goes on in anyone else's mind can harm you.
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A great estate is a great disadvantage to those who do not know how to use it, for nothing is more common than to see wealthy persons live scandalously and miserably riches do them no service in order to virtue and happiness therefore 'tis precept and principle, not an estate, that makes a man good for something.
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The mind in itself wants nothing, unless it creates a want for itself therefore it is both free from perturbation and unimpeded, if it does not perturb and impede itself.
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My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.
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