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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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,...

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is...

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is...

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.

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...

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

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...

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

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.

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,...

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...

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

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...

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...

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

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

The more you know, the less you understand

The more you know, the less you understand

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man...

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man...