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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
Marcus Aurelius
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.
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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.
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Confine yourself to the present.
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday.
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
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Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
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Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.
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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.
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