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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Marcus Aurelius

He who knows not the world, knows not his own place in it.

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity; and the complication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread not only of thy being, but of that which is incident to it.

When thou wishest to give thyself delight, think of the excellencies of those who live with thee; the energy of one, the modesty of another, the liberal kindness of a third.