The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
Marcus AureliusConsider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you.
Marcus AureliusAre you distracted by outward cares? Then allow yourself a space of quiet wherein you can add to your knowledge of the Good and learn to curb your restlessness. Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Avail yourself often, then, of this retirement, and so continually renew yourself.
Marcus AureliusBecause 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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