We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start...

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

A wrong - doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always...

A wrong - doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always...

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

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

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native...

What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native...

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of...

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of...

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

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

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

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...

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that...

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that...

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and...

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and...