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Direct thy attention to what is said. Let thy understanding enter into the things that are doing and the things which do them.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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The Eternal City
Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Marcus Annius Verus
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The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.
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Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.
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The inner master, when confronted with an obstacle, uses it as fuel, like a fire which consumes things that are thrown into it. A small lamp would be snuffed out, but a big fire will engulf what is thrown at it and burn hotter it consumes the obstacle and uses it to reach a higher level.
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While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason.
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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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Practice really hearing what people say. Do your best to get inside their mind.
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The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself.
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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The nature of the All moved to make the universe.
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Truth and ceremony are two things.
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Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
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Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.
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Flinch not, neither give up nor despair, if the achieving of every act in accordance with right principle is not always continuous with thee.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
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A person's life is what their thoughts make it.
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Are you distracted by outward cares? Then allow yourself a space of quiet wherein you can add to your knowledge of the Good and learn to curb your restlessness. Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Avail yourself often, then, of this retirement, and so continually renew yourself.
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Let it judge that nothing is either bad or good which can happen equally to the bad man and the good. For that which happens equally to him who lives contrary to nature and to him who lives according to nature, is neither according to nature nor contrary to nature.
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