Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me...

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me...

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you...

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you...

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

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

Where a man can live, he can also live well.

Where a man can live, he can also live well.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all...

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all...

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

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

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...

Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered

Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered

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...

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

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.

Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that...

Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that...

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...

The news of any politician's death should be listed under ''Public Improvements.

The news of any politician's death should be listed under ''Public Improvements.

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...