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• Do not think that what is hard for thee to master is impossible for ma
  but if a thing is possible and proper to man, deem it attainable by thee....
• A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, iii, 5...
• Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, viii, 51...
• Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, viii, 22...
• Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, ii, 5...
• The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, iii, 4...
• Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, ix, 9...
• If it is not seemly, do it not; if it is not true, speak it not.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, xii, 17...
• Live with the gods. -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, v, 27