I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all
the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself
than on the opinions of others.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself
than on the opinions of others.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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- How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
Marcus... - That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse:
it has no power to harm, without or within. -- Marcus... - I share no man's opinions; I have my own.
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Ivan... - Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all?
Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more... - Remember that man's life lies all within this present,
as 't were but a hair's-breadth of time; as for the... - How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour
says or does or thinks,
but only at what he does himself, to make it just and... - EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in
me.
Megaceph, chosen to serve the State In the halls... - Though thou be destined to live three thousand years and as many myriads
besides,
yet remember that no man loseth other life than that... - Nothing is less likely to appeal to young women than
the opinions of old men on the pill...
