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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.
A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
Does a man shrink from change? Why, what can come into being save by change?
I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.
How many together with whom I came into the world are already gone out of it.
It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres.
We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise.
Never act without purpose and resolve, or without the means to finish the job.
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.
In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence
Practice really hearing what people say. Do your best to get inside their mind.
Withdraw to the untroubled quietude deep within the soul, and refresh yourself.
Body. Soul. Mind. Sensations: the body. Desires: the soul. Reasoning: the mind.
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.
How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life
Everything is ephemeral, both that which remembers and that which is remembered.
Remind oneself continually of one of those who practiced virtue in days gone by.
If I and my two children cannot move the gods, the gods must have their reasons.
No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.
Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle...
Nature in no case cometh short of art, for the arts are copiers of natural forms.
All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to the dust.
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.
Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence.
The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.
If any man has done wrong, the harm is his own. But perhaps he has not done wrong.
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.
Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.
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.
Dear me, I believe I am becoming a god. An emperor ought at least to die on his feet.
Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.
Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both.