Plain
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

Take away opinion, and no one will think they've been wronged. If no one thinks they've been wronged, then there's no such thing as being wronged. What doesn't make a person worse can't make their life worse. It can't hurt them inside or outside. Nature made it this way on purpose, so it had to be this way.

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Freedom & Control Calm Your Mind
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

Let opinion be taken away, and no man will think himself wronged. If no man shall think himself wronged, then is there no more any such thing as wrong. That which makes not man himself the worse, cannot make his life the worse, neither can it hurt him either inwardly or outwardly. It was expedient in nature that it should be so, and therefore necessary.

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Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

Certain things must happen because of certain causes. Someone who doesn't want these things to happen is like someone who wants a fig tree to grow without sap. Remember this: very soon, both you and he will be dead. And not long after that, even your names will be forgotten.

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Death & Mortality Freedom & Control
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

Such and such things, from such and such causes, must of necessity proceed. He that would not have such things to happen, is as he that would have the fig-tree grow without any sap or moisture. In sum, remember this, that within a very little while, both thou and he shall both be dead, and after a little while more, not so much as your names and memories shall be remaining.

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