Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that was not the part which outraged you! Fool, what have you done? Your wife has lost nothing by the operation

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.

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.

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination,...

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination,...

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

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...

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in...

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in...

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

Each day provides its own gifts

Each day provides its own gifts

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day,...

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day,...

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning...

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning...

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...

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....

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...

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.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find...

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find...

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

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...

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.