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Quote by Marcus Aurelius
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. – Marcus Aurelius

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I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than the opinions of others. – Marcus Aurelius

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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. – Marcus Aurelius

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