“Are you angry when someone’s armpits stink or when their breath is bad? What would be the point? Having such a mouth and such armpits, there’s going to be a smell emanating. You say, they must have...
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“The best way to avenge yourself is to not be like that.”— MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.6
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“How rotten and fraudulent when people say they intend to ‘give it to you straight.’ What are you up to, dear friend? It shouldn’t need your announcement, but be readily seen, as if written on your...
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“Leave the past behind, let the grand design take care of the future, and instead only rightly guide the present to reverence and justice. Reverence so that you’ll love what you’ve been allotted, for...
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“The person who does wrong, does wrong to themselves. The unjust person is unjust to themselves—making themselves evil.”—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.4
