Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

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...

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

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.

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

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

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.

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.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

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,...

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

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

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

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

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

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...

It is important that you recognize your progress and take pride in your accomplishments. Share...

It is important that you recognize your progress and take pride in your accomplishments. Share...

Constant dropping wears away stones

Constant dropping wears away stones

Racial injustice, war, urban blight, and environmental rape have a common denominator in our exploitative...

Racial injustice, war, urban blight, and environmental rape have a common denominator in our exploitative...