"Put an end once and for all..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius
Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.
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“Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.”
“In this flowing stream, then, on which there is no abiding, what is there of the things which hurry by on which a man would set a high price? It would be just as if a man should fall in love with one of the sparrows which fly by, but it has already passed out of sight.”
“If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.”
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“A true man hates no one.”
“Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.”
“A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.”