"Understand however that every man is worth..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius
Understand however that every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he busies himself.
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“The world is nothing but change, our life is only perception.”
“He who flies from his master is a runaway; but the law is master, and he who breaks the law is a runaway. And he also who is grieved or angry or afraid, is dissatisfied because something has been or is or shall be of the things which are appointed by Him who rules all things, and He is Law, and assigns to every man what is fit. He then who fears or is grieved or is angry is a runaway.”
“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”
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“In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.”
“But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It has a constantand imperishable moral, and to the scholar it yields a classic result.”
“Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.”
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“I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world.”
“It is by his activities and not by enjoyment that man feels he is alive. In idleness we not only feel that life is fleeting, but we also feel lifeless.”
“A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment.”