Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge,...

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge,...

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.

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...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

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

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication...

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication...

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

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

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...

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

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

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,...

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself....

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself....

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...