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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.
Marcus Aurelius
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Meditations
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Find time still to be learning somewhat good, and give up being desultory.
Marcus Aurelius
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Meditations
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An arrow has one motion and the mind another. Even when pausing, even when weighing conclusions, the mind is moving forward, toward its goal.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better, or bear with them.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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He who fears death either fears to lose all sensation or fears new sensations. In reality, you will either feel nothing at all, and therefore nothing evil, or else, if you can feel any sensations, you will be a new creature, and so will not have ceased to have life.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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You want praise from people who kick themselves every fifteen minutes, the approval of people who despise themselves. (Is it a sign of self-respect to regret nearly everything you0 do?)
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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He that knows not what the world is, knows not where he is himself. He that knows not for what he was made, knows not what he is nor what the world is.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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No carelessness in your actions. No confusion in your words. No imprecision in your thoughts. )
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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In the constitution of that rational animal I see no virtue which is opposed to justice, but I see a virtue which is opposed to love of pleasure, and that is temperance.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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If thou canst see sharp, look and judge wisely, says the philosopher.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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To accept it without arrogance, to let it go with indifference.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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There are three relations [between thee and other things]: the one to the body which surrounds thee; the second to the divine cause from which all things come to all; and the third to those who live with thee.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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It is satisfaction to a man to do the proper works of a man.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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Where have they gone, the brilliant, the insightful ones, the proud?
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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Remember this, then, that this little compound, thyself, must either be dissolved, or thy poor breath must be extinguished, or be removed and placed elsewhere.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
Marcus Aurelius
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Book VIII
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