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Perfection of character consists in this; living each day as if it

Perfection of character consists in this; living each day as if it were the last, and spending each moment in peace. – Marcus Aurelius

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Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it. – Marcus Aurelius

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. – Marcus Aurelius

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We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. – Marcus Aurelius

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