If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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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...

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...

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,...

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.

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

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.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

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,...

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

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

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

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...

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

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

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

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 only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

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...