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Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.

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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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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Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment and furthermore, that he can have no other life except the one he loses.
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The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.
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Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.
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Welcome every experience the looms of fate may weave for you.
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The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
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Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
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All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse them to thyself.
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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All things are changing and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction and the whole universe to.
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Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.
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Death, like birth, is one of nature's mysteries, the combining of primal elements and dissolving of the same into the same.
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You don't have to turn this into something. It doesn't have to upset you. Things can't shape our decisions by themselves.
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A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.
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If the gods care not for me and for my children, There is a reason for it.
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'
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As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: What is his point of reference here? But begin with yourself: examine yourself first.
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Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.
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