Where a man can live, he can also live well.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you...

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you...

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.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

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.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

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...

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...

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...

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me...

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me...

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

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.

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

Confine yourself to the present.

Confine yourself to the present.

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...

There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew...

There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew...

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...

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.

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

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