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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Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good...

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good...

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in...

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in...

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...

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this,...

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this,...

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than...

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than...

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.

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

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....

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

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...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

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...

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...

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...

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.