Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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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.

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...

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

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

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

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

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

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...

The best answer to anger is silence.

The best answer to anger is silence.

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

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

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

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

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

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.

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine...

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine...

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all...

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all...

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with...

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with...

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...

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

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 ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a...

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a...

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...