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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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No one wearies of benefits received.
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Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.
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...small too even the longest fame thereafter, which is itself subject to a succession of little men who quickly die, and have no knowledge of themselves, let alone of those long dead.
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The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where a man can live, there - if he will - he can also live well.
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It is a sin to persue pleasure as a good and to avoid pain as a evil.
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But if we judge only those things which are in our power to be good or bad, there remains no reason either for finding fault with God or standing in a hostile attitude to man.
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