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“The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from home, lasting reputation is oblivion. Then what can guide us? Only philosophy.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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From Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations

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“Be content to seem what you really are.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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“Don’t live as if you had endless years ahead of you. Death overshadows you. While you’re alive and able — be good.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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“Your ability to control your thoughts — treat it with respect. It’s all that protects your mind from false perceptions — false to your nature, and that of all rational beings.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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“It’s silly to try to escape other people’s faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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“How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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