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Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Marcus Aurelius
Philosophical, Historical

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

Marcus Aurelius
Life, Philosophical, Dying
Marcus Aurelius (2011). “Meditations: with selected correspondence”, p.47, OUP Oxford

Nature insists on whatever benefits the whole.

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Nature, Benefits, Whole

Nature in no case cometh short of art, for the arts are copiers of natural forms.

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Art, Philosophy, History

There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.

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Bears, Fortune, Good Fortune
Marcus Aurelius (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius (Illustrated)”, p.51, Delphi Classics

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

Marcus Aurelius
Life, Science, Power
"Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book III, (11), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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

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Yesterday, Live For Today, Too Late

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.

Marcus Aurelius
Love, Men, Others Opinions
Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.129, Enhanced Media Publishing

My true Self is free. I cannot be contained.

Marcus Aurelius
Self, True Self

Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.

Marcus Aurelius
Soul, Mind, Desire
Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.34, Modern Library

Our wills are ours, to make them Thine.

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It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.

Marcus Aurelius
Perfect, Mind, Desire
"Treasures of Love & Inspiration". Book by Marjorie Barrows, p. 278, 1993.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

Marcus Aurelius
Life, Strength, Believe
Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), Gerald Henry Rendall (1907). “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to himself: in English”

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

Marcus Aurelius
Inspirational, Thinking, Light

A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.

Marcus Aurelius
Military, War, Men

When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.

Marcus Aurelius
Men, Care, Feels

He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.

Marcus Aurelius
Wisdom, Doe
Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.52, Lulu.com

Observe constantly that all things take place by change.

Marcus Aurelius
Change, Things Change, All Things
Marcus Aurelius (2015). “Meditations”, p.42, Sheba Blake Publishing

No one wearies of benefits received.

Marcus Aurelius
Benefits
Marcus Aurelius (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius (Illustrated)”, p.81, Delphi Classics

Understand however that every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he busies himself.

Marcus Aurelius
Men, Every Man
Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.36, Lulu.com

Snow endures but for a season, and joy comes with the morning.

Marcus Aurelius
Morning, Snow, Joy

I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.

Marcus Aurelius
Character, Men, Action
Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.65, Modern Library

It is not right to vex ourselves at things, for they care not about it.

Marcus Aurelius
Care, Vex
"Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book VII, 38,

Do not act as if you had a thousand years to live.

Marcus Aurelius
Procrastination, Years, Thousand

A great estate is a great disadvantage to those who do not know how to use it, for nothing is more common than to see wealthy persons live scandalously and miserably; riches do them no service in order to virtue and happiness; therefore 'tis precept and principle, not an estate, that makes a man good for something.

Marcus Aurelius
Men, Order, Principles

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