As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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Human life. Duration: momentary. Nature: changeable. Perception: dim. Condition of Body: decaying. Soul: spinning around. Fortune: unpredictable. Lasting Fame: uncertain. Sum Up: The body and its parts are a river, the soul a dream and mist, life is warfare and a journey far from home, lasting reputation is oblivion.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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I do what is mine to do; the rest doesn’t disturb me.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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It is crazy to want what is impossible. And impossible for the wicked not to do so.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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The intelligence of the universe is social.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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Things have no hold on the soul. They have no access to it, cannot move or direct it. It is moved and directed by itself alone. It takes the things before it and interprets them as it sees fit.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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There is a limit to the time assigned you, and if you don’t use it to free yourself it will be gone and never return.
~ Marcus Aurelius

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