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Life is short. That's all there is to say. Get what you can from the present - thoughtfully, justly.

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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People find pressure in different ways. I find it in keeping my mind clear. In not turning away from people or the things that happen to them. In accepting and welcoming everything I see. In treating each thing as it deserves.
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And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separated by vast distances.
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It is within our power not to make a judgement about something, and so not disturb our minds for nothing in itself possesses the power to form our judgements.
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Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.
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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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Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.
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Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice?
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The whole contains nothing which is not or its advantage and all natures indeed have this common principle, but the nature of the universe has this principle besides, that it cannot be compelled even by any external cause to generate anything harmful to itself.
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The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
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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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Your life is an expression of all your thoughts.
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Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.
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Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
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If you do everything as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life, and stop being aimless, stop letting your emotions override what your mind tells you, stop being hypocritical, self-centered, irritable.
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Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements into each other. Such imaginings wash away the filth of life on the ground.
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Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
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Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
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As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value
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Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.
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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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