The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no...

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no...

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

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

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

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...

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...

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

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.

Confine yourself to the present.

Confine yourself to the present.

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...

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

Everyman's life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and...

Everyman's life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and...

Patience is being friends with Time.

Patience is being friends with Time.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what...

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what...