Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, This is a misfortune but To bear this worthily is good fortune.

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...

The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.

The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.

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...

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely...

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely...

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

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...

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...

Everyman's life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and...

Everyman's life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and...

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make...

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make...

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...

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Confine yourself to the present.

Confine yourself to the present.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

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...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

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...

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

Healing wasnt always the best thing. Sometimes a hole was better left open. Sometimes it...

Healing wasnt always the best thing. Sometimes a hole was better left open. Sometimes it...