Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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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...

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you...

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you...

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....

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

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

Be content to seem what you really are

Be content to seem what you really are

As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So...

As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So...

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an...

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an...

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

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

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

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

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.

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools...

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools...

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...

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication...

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication...

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

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

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.

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,...

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities...

$The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities...$

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

What we think, we become.

What we think, we become.

What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person...

What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person...