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"Let no act be done at haphazard, nor otherwise than according to the finished rules that govern its kind."
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Marcus AureliusIs it not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to d — Marcus Aurelius
"Is it not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to desire in a slavish and abject way what is not in thy power?"
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace, calm, and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161.
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"The ruling power within, when it is in its natural state, is so related to outer circumstances that it easily changes to accord with what can be done and what is given it to do."
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"By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered."
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"Nothing earthly succeeds by ignoring heaven, nothing heavenly by ignoring the earth. (Hays translation)"
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"Self-control and resistance to distractions. Optimism in adversity—especially illness. (Hays translation)"
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"Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that they should deviate from the order of things now: accordingly to have contemplated human life for forty years is the same as to have contemplated it for ten thousand years."
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