What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will...

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will...

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go...

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go...

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and...

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and...

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine...

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning...

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning...

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...