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I search after truth, by which man never yet was harmed.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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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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The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
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Let no act be done without purpose.
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When pain is unbearable it destroys us when it does not it is bearable.
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Look well into thyself there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
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Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is in thy power.
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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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Vex not thy spirit at the course of things, they heed not thy vexations
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The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours.
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Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to the dust.
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Remember that to change your mind and follow him who sets you right is to be none the less free than you were before.
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Run down the list of those who felt intense anger at something: the most famous, the most unfortunate, the most hated, the most whatever: Where is all that now? Smoke, dust, legend...or not even a legend. Think of all the examples. And how trivial the things we want so passionately are.
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What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee.
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Every man's life lies within the present for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
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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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We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.
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Find time still to be learning somewhat good, and give up being desultory.
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The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know.
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The constant recollection of death is the test of human conduct.
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I, who have never willfully pained another, have no business to pain myself.
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