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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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself....

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself....

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

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

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...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

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

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

Be content to seem what you really are.

Be content to seem what you really are.

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

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

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...

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

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.

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.

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.

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

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...