Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word...

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of...

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of...

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...

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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

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

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the...

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

To pretend to describe the excellence, the greatness or duration of the happiness of heaven...

To pretend to describe the excellence, the greatness or duration of the happiness of heaven...

And so today, my world it smiles, Your hand in mine, we walk the miles,...

And so today, my world it smiles, Your hand in mine, we walk the miles,...

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to...

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to...

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great...

It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great...

Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own

Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty...

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty...