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Every man is worth just so much as the things about which he busies himself.

Every man is worth just so much as the things about which he busies himself.
– Marcus Aurelius

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  3. Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back. – Marcus Aurelius
  4. No more roundabout discussions of what makes a good man. Be one! – Marcus Aurelius
  5. A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. – Marcus Aurelius
  6. Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. – Marcus Aurelius
  7. Nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility. – Marcus Aurelius
  8. Will any man despise me? Let him see to it. But I will see to it that I may not be found doing or saying anything that deserves to be despised. – Marcus Aurelius
  9. If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt. – Marcus Aurelius
  10. A man of worth is a man that sees the worth in others more than himself. – Shannon L Alder
  11. The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time. – Marcus Aurelius
  12. Give up your thirst for books, so that you do not die a grouch. – Marcus Aurelius
  13. That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty. – Marcus Aurelius
  14. You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say. – Marcus Aurelius
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  16. Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature. – Marcus Aurelius
  17. It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another. – Marcus Aurelius
  18. The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. – Marcus Aurelius
  19. Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life. – Marcus Aurelius
  20. When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive– to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love – Marcus Aurelius
  21. The world is mere change, and this life, opinion. – Marcus Aurelius
  22. Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so. – Marcus Aurelius
  23. The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it. – Marcus Aurelius
  24. Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. – Marcus Aurelius
  25. Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view. – Marcus Aurelius
  26. For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose. – Marcus Aurelius
  27. For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose. – Marcus Aurelius
  28. All things fade into the storied past, and in a little while are shrouded in oblivion. – Marcus Aurelius
  29. How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. – Marcus Aurelius
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  31. Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good. – Marcus Aurelius
  32. Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. – Marcus Aurelius
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  35. Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just. – Marcus Aurelius
  36. What am I but a little flesh, a little breath, and the thinking part that rules the whole? – Marcus Aurelius
  37. All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them. – Marcus Aurelius
  38. It is in your own power to maintain the beauty of your soul, or to be a decent human being. – Marcus Aurelius
  39. The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. – Marcus Aurelius
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