Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space, the past.
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If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.
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As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.
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In mans life, time is but a moment being, a flux sense is dim the material frame corruptible soul, an eddy of breath fortune a thing inscrutable, and fame precarious.
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Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within there lies the power to persuade, there the life, there, if one must speak out, the real man.
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The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack.
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