Quote by Marcus Aurelius
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but t

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. – Marcus Aurelius

Other quotes by Marcus Aurelius

When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it. – Marcus Aurelius

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Control
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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life. – Marcus Aurelius

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power
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The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you. – Salman Rushdie

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Society

The question I asked Georges has now become a general one – You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers. – Abbe Pierre

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Society

If you let society and your peers define who you are, youre the less for it. – Hugh Hefner

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Society

A Galileo could no more be elected president of the United States than he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both high posts are reserved for men favored by God with an extraordinary genius for swathing the bitter facts of life in bandages of self-illusion. – H.L. Mencken

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Society

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The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. – Jean Genet

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In anything Ive ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I dont think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didnt sound like them at all. – Kevin Smith

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When you walk the track and you see a corner and realise you were going round it at 160mph, you wonder who could be so stupid to take a corner at that speed. But in the car, you dont even think about that. – Sebastian Vettel

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