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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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Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
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Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.
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I will march on in the path of nature till my legs sink under me, and then I shall be at rest, and expire into that air which has given me my daily breath.
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Spend your brief moment according to nature's law, and serenely greet the journey's end as an olive falls when it is ripe, blessing the branch that bare it, and giving thanks to the tree that gave it life.
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That which is really beautiful has no need of anything not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.
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When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.
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That which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before.
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Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.
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Look deeply. Don't miss the inherent quality and value of everything.
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The stone that is thrown into the air is none the worse for falling down, and none the better for going up.
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The controlling Intelligence understands its own nature, and what it does, and whereon it works.
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He that lives alone lives in danger society avoids many dangers.
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Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.
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Thanks to the gods I didn't spend much time while growing up with my grandfather's mistress and preserved the flower of my youth, waiting for the proper time to demonstrate my virility.
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To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.
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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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Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
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In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?
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Everything is born from change. ...there is nothing nature loves more that to alter what exists and make new things like it. All that exists is the seed of what will emerge from it. You think the only seeds are the one that make plants and children? Go deeper.
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