As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value
Marcus Aurelius
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that was not the part which outraged you! Fool, what have you done? Your wife has lost nothing by the operation
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Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live
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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
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Life is not merely being alive, but being well
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Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn
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To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution
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The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a father
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The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.
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