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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Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. – Marcus Aurelius

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There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with. – Marcus Aurelius

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The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it. – Frederick William Robertson

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If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, youre not going to want to keep it to yourself. Youre going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it. – will.i.am

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Analysts may be correct that the presidential election wont primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins. – David Limbaugh

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The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for wise ones. – Proverb

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Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. – Arthur M. Schlesinger

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In the United States today, we have more than our share of nattering nabobs of negativism. – Spiro T. Agnew

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