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Marcus Aurelius

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Dave B
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Marcus Aurelius

#1 Post by Dave B » May 5th, 2016, 10:35 pm

I was looking for a half-remembered quotation when I ame across old Marcus

Could get to like the way this man thought:
A man should be upright, not kept upright.
Waste not the remnant of thy life in those imaginations touching other folk, whereby thou contributest not to the common weal.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
What means all this?
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015

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Re: Marcus Aurelius

#2 Post by Nutellathehun » June 24th, 2016, 4:08 pm

Another good one:

"Leave other people's mistakes where they lie."
"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little."
~Epicurus

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Re: Marcus Aurelius

#3 Post by Dave B » June 24th, 2016, 4:23 pm

Nutellathehun wrote:Another good one:

"Leave other people's mistakes where they lie."
Just as long as it is not a pooch's "mistake"! :D
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
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Re: Marcus Aurelius

#4 Post by Nutellathehun » June 25th, 2016, 3:35 pm

Well said!
"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little."
~Epicurus

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