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Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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The intelligence of the universe is social.
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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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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'
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As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value
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Put from you the belief that 'I have been wronged', and with it will go the feeling. Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.
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Your life is an expression of all your thoughts.
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The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.
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The whole contains nothing which is not or its advantage and all natures indeed have this common principle, but the nature of the universe has this principle besides, that it cannot be compelled even by any external cause to generate anything harmful to itself.
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How ridiculous not to flee from one's own wickedness, which is possible, yet endeavor to flee from another's which is not.
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The most complete revenge is not to imitate the aggressor.
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Praise adds nothing to beauty--makes it neither better nor worse.
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When forced, as it seems, by your environment to be utterly disquieted, return with all speed into your self, staying in discord no longer than you must. By constant recurrence to the harmony, you will gain more command over it.
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