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“Remember this,–that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.”     Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

“Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life,–there, if one must speak out, the real man.”     Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

“As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.”     Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

“A man is a little soul carrying around a courpse.”     Marcus Aelius Aurelius

“Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.”     Marcus Aelius Aurelius