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verifiedNever esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect.Marcus AureliusMeditations, III.7 (George Long translation, 1862)verifiedDo not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years.Marcus AureliusMeditations, IV.17 (George Long translation, 1862)verifiedNothing for me is too early nor too late, which is in due time for thee.Marcus AureliusMeditations, IV.23 verifiedBe like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.Marcus AureliusMeditations, IV.49 (George Long translation, 1862)verifiedIn the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present—I am rising to the work of a human being.Marcus AureliusMeditations, V.1 (George Long translation, 1862)verifiedBe not disgusted, nor discouraged, nor dissatisfied, if thou dost not succeed in doing everything according to right principles, but when thou hast failed, return back again.Marcus AureliusMeditations, V.9 (George Long translation, 1862)verifiedTake care that thou art not made into a Caesar, that thou art not dyed with this dye; for such things happen.Marcus AureliusMeditations, VI.30 (George Long translation, 1862)verifiedThe best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrongdoer.Marcus AureliusMeditations, VI.6 verifiedThink not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast.Marcus AureliusMeditations, VII.27 verifiedConfine thyself to the present.Marcus AureliusMeditations, VII.29 (George Long translation, 1862)verifiedLook within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.Marcus AureliusMeditations, VII.59 verifiedLook within. Within is the fountain of good.Marcus AureliusMeditations, VII.59 verifiedBe not ashamed to be helped.Marcus AureliusMeditations, VII.7 verifiedMen exist for the sake of one another.Marcus AureliusMeditations, VIII.59 verifiedMen exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.Marcus AureliusMeditations, VIII.59 verifiedA good disposition is invincible if it be genuine.Marcus AureliusMeditations, XI.18 (George Long translation, 1862)verifiedIf it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.Marcus AureliusMeditations, XII.17

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