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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All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well

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

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

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.

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...

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...

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Be content to seem what you really are.

Be content to seem what you really are.

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...

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

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...

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...

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

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

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

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

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.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...