Quote by Marcus Aurelius
The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid. – Marcus Aurelius

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Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours. – 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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Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. – Anatole France

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The result showed the wisdom of your orders. – John Bigelow

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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. – Octavio Paz

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We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. – Stephen Vincent Benet

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