Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live

Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

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...

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...

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.

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a...

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a...

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...

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,...

Be content to seem what you really are.

Be content to seem what you really are.

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

The best answer to anger is silence.

The best answer to anger is silence.

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

Be content to seem what you really are

Be content to seem what you really are

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday.

Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday.

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the...

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the...

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

So many people are waiting for their happiness to come. It's not here yet, but...

So many people are waiting for their happiness to come. It's not here yet, but...