Quote by Marcus Aurelius
I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than t

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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Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. – Marcus Aurelius

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Any man of forty who is endowed with moderate intelligence has seen—in the light of the uniformity of nature—the entire past and future. – Marcus Aurelius

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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh. – Marcus Aurelius

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The soul that is within me no man can degrade. – Frederick Douglass

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I will give thanks to thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Thy works, and my soul knows it very well. Psalms 139:14 – Bible

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