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All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
If any man has done wrong, the harm is his own. But perhaps he has not done wrong.
The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.
Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.
Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.
Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you.
A rational nature admits of nothing but what is serviceable to the rest of mankind.
There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.
No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished.
As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value
Failing to understand the workings of one's own mind is bound to lead to unhappiness.
Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.
Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both.
Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.
All that happens is as usual and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer.
Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.
If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.'
Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily
I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.
Get rid of the judgement ... get rid of the 'I am hurt,' you are rid of the hurt itself.
Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle.
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!
When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
All things change, and you yourself are constantly wasting away. So also is the universe.
The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours.
All those [events in history] were such dramas as we see now, only with different actors.
Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.
Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.
It doesn't hurt me unless I interpret its happening as harmful to me. I can choose not to.
Choose not to be harmed and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed and you haven't been.
Remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment.
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.
To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less will be your grief
To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason.
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.
Try to live the life of the good man who is more than content with what is allocated to him.
Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man.
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul?
And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
Dig inside. Inside is the fountain of good, and it will forever flow, if you will forever dig.