Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered

Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go...

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go...

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

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

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

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...

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing...

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing...

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,...

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

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

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

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...

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

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...

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not...

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.