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Quote by Marcus Aurelius
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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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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Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. – Marcus Aurelius

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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, This is a misfortune but To bear this worthily is good fortune. – Marcus Aurelius

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Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou – Akhenaton

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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids. – Aristotle

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