Poverty is the mother of crime.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and...

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and...

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is...

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is...

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live

Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live

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

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

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...

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble...

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble...

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the...

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the...

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things...

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things...

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while...

No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while...

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way...

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way...