Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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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.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start...

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be...

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be...

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...

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

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

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...

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

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.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Be content to seem what you really are.

Be content to seem what you really are.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

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...

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Each day provides its own gifts.

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.

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 act of dying is one of the acts of life.

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.