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He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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All is as thinking makes it so
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Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.
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The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it - either gratefully better than or bitterly worse than something else that you alone choose.
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Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.
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Persuade me or prove to me that I am mistaken in thought or deed, and I will gladly change - for it is the truth I seek, and the truth never harmed anyone. Harm comes from persisting in error and clinging to ignorance.
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Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily
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Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance and be ready to let it go.
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The sinner sins against himself the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.
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The offender needs pity, not wrath those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness and one must be always ready to learn better. 'The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.'
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.
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From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure nor continually to excuse the neglect of duties required by our relation to those with whom we live, by alleging urgent occupations.
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