Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

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"Remember this,--that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life."	Life, Memory, Men
"By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered."	Miscellaneous
"As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two."	Memory, Men, Reading
"What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee."	Evil, Military, War
"The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."	Change, Life
"Remember this,--that very little is needed to make a happy life."	Happiness, Joy, Life
"Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee."	Miscellaneous
"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall."	Art, Life, Mistakes
"Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear."	Nature
"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."	Sin, Strength, Time
"Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts."	Character, Habits
"Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last."	Life
"The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing."	Happiness, Joy, Virtue
"All is ephemeral,--fame and the famous as well."	Miscellaneous
"Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space, the past."	History, Life
"Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith."	Learning, Love
"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect."	Age
"Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised."	Art, Beauty, Criticism
"Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good."	Death, Evil, Good
"That which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before."	Conformity
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