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.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

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...

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this,...

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this,...

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing...

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing...

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good...

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good...

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

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.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself....

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself....

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be...

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be...

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew...

There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew...

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

A wrong - doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always...

A wrong - doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always...

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

The devil is in the details

The devil is in the details