Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

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"Whatever happens it all happens as it should; thou wilt find this true, if thou shouldst watch closely."	Honesty, Truth
"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
"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
"'Let thine occupations be few,' saith the sage, 'if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.'"	Age, Life
"No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms."	Art, Nature
"Remember this,--that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life."	Life, Memory, Men
"Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life,--there, if one must speak out, the real man."	Lies, Life, Memory
"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
"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
"As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion."	Life, War
"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
"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
"Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith."	Learning, Love
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