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"Her reverence for the divine, her generosity, her inability not only to do wrong but even to conceive of doing it. And the simple way she lived—not in the least like the rich. (Hays translation)"
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Marcus AureliusThou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certain — Marcus Aurelius
"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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Marcus Aurelius
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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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"Not to display anger or other emotions. To be free of passion and yet full of love. (Hays translation)"
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"Self-control and resistance to distractions. Optimism in adversity—especially illness. (Hays translation)"
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"You see how few things you have to do to live a satisfying and reverent life? If you can manage this, thats all even the gods can ask of you. (Hays translation)"
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"Each of us lives only now, this brief instant. (Hays translation)"
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