Quote by Marcus Aurelius
Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; t

Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life — there, if one must speak out, the real man. – Marcus Aurelius

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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. – 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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Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. – Marcus Aurelius

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He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. – Lord Chesterfield

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The tongue can paint what the eye cant see. – Chinese Proverb

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People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them. – Johann von Goethe

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When a heart is on fire, sparks always fly out of the mouth. – Proverb

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