Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a word, your life is short. You must make the most of the present with the aid of reason and justice. Since it is possible that you may be quitting life this very moment, govern every act and thought accordingly.
Marcus AureliusIt will suffice thee to remember as concerning pain ... that the mind may, by stopping all manner of commerce and sympathy with the body, still retain its own tranquility.
Marcus AureliusPut an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.
Marcus AureliusAs for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value
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