"Bear in mind that the measure of..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius
Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about. If it is good to say or do something, then it is even better to be criticized for having said or done it.
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“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
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More on Value
“Can there be any greater reproach than an idle learning? Learn to split wood, at least.”
“For it falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us While it was ours.”
“Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it and spend it rather than invest it.”
More on Character
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“I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.”