Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

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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

Be content to seem what you really are

Be content to seem what you really are

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.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

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...

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

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

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

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

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.

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools...

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools...

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...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

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

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

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...

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

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...

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are...

The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are...