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The intelligence of the universe is social.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
Philosopher
Politician
Roman Emperor
Writer
The Eternal City
Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Marcus Annius Verus
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
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It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.
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By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
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Everything is here for a purpose, from horses to vine shoots. What's surprising about that? Even the sun will tell you, I have a purpose, and the other goods as well.
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Look deeply. Don't miss the inherent quality and value of everything.
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Is any man afraid of change? Why what can take place without change? What then is more pleasing or more suitable to the universal nature?
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Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on all.
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He that dies in extreme old age will be reduced to the same state with him that is cut down untimely.
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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.
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Nature insists on whatever benefits the whole.
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Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light or look the world in the face.
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Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death?
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Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.
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There is a limit circumscribed to your time – if you do not use it to clear away your clouds, it will be gone, and you will be gone, and the opportunity will not return
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My city and state are Rome. But as a human being? The world. So for me, good can only mean what's good for both communities.
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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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The body of an actor can be either his best friend or his worst enemy.
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Withdraw to the untroubled quietude deep within the soul, and refresh yourself.
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The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.
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