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Circle of life2 quotes
Time is a violent torrent; 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. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Inner strength2 quotes
Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Life2 quotes
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, for it requires that we should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Remember that no man loses other life than that which he lives, nor lives other than that which he loses. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Time2 quotes
Every instant of time is a pinprick of eternity. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Time is a violent torrent; 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. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Adaptability1 quote
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, for it requires that we should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Body and soul1 quote
’Tis very dishonourable in life, that the soul should fail and desert its duty; while the body can hold out, and sustain its part. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Comparing oneself to others1 quote
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, to make it just and holy. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Courage1 quote
Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Death as equalizer1 quote
The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same things. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Dependability1 quote
Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Doing a good job1 quote
Love the little trade which you have learned, and be content with it. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Doing one's job1 quote
Love the little trade which you have learned, and be content with it. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Ephemeral nature of life1 quote
Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Eternity1 quote
Every instant of time is a pinprick of eternity. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Fate1 quote
Whatever befalls you was prepared for you beforehand from eternity, and the thread of causes was spinning from everlasting both your existence and this which befalls you. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Free will1 quote
Whatever befalls you was prepared for you beforehand from eternity, and the thread of causes was spinning from everlasting both your existence and this which befalls you. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Giving up1 quote
’Tis very dishonourable in life, that the soul should fail and desert its duty; while the body can hold out, and sustain its part. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Honor1 quote
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Improvisation1 quote
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, for it requires that we should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Inner life1 quote
Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Inner peace1 quote
Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Length of life1 quote
The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same things. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Letting go of the past1 quote
Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting? — Marcus Aurelius · 180Living well1 quote
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, for it requires that we should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Looking back1 quote
When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life. — Marcus Aurelius · 2000Love1 quote
It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Loving one's enemies1 quote
It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him. — Marcus Aurelius · 180