Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

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"That which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before."	Conformity
"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect."	Age
"Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought."	Miscellaneous
"Remember this,--that very little is needed to make a happy life."	Happiness, Joy, Life
"What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee."	Evil, Military, War
"Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last."	Life
"Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind."	Miscellaneous
"The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing."	Happiness, Joy, Virtue
"Just as the sand-dunes, heaped one upon another, hide each the first, so in life the former deeds are quickly hidden by those that follow after."	Life
"A wrong-doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something."	Men
"Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it.... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle."	Military, Success, War
"Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee."	Miscellaneous
"Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear."	Nature
"Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts."	Character, Habits
"This Being of mine, whatever it really is, consists of a little flesh, a little breath, and the part which governs."	Art, Government
"If it is not seemly, do it not; if it is not true, speak it not."	Honesty, Truth
"All is ephemeral,--fame and the famous as well."	Miscellaneous
"By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered."	Miscellaneous
"The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."	Change, Life
"Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing."	Miscellaneous
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