When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of men they are. You'll see how unnecessary it is to strain after their good opinion. Yet you must still think kindly of them. they are your neighbors. The gods help them as they do you, by dreams and oracles, to win their hearts' desires.
Marcus AureliusWhere life is possible at all, a right life is possible; life in a palace is possible; therefore even in a palace a right life is possible.
Marcus AureliusAs for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.
Marcus AureliusOur anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.
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