Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with...

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with...

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...

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

Be content to seem what you really are.

Be content to seem what you really are.

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.

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

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

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.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

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...

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

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...

The best answer to anger is silence.

The best answer to anger is silence.

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 means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...

Those truly linked don't need correspondence, When they meet again after many years apart, Their...

Those truly linked don't need correspondence, When they meet again after many years apart, Their...

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

What we think, we become.

What we think, we become.