Poverty is the mother of crime.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day,...

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day,...

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...

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

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

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

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.

You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich -...

You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich -...

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

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...

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.

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...

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

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...

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

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

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

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.

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...

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

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...