Plain
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

No one can stop you from living as your nature requires. Nothing can happen to you except what the common good of nature requires.

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Freedom & Control Facing Hardship
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

No man can hinder thee to live as thy nature doth require. Nothing can happen unto thee, but what the common good of nature doth require.

Meditations, Book 6, Section 53 Book 6 · 63 of 64
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

To people with jaundice, honey tastes bitter. To people bitten by a rabid dog, water seems terrifying. To children, a little ball seems wonderful. So why should I be angry? Do I think false beliefs are less powerful in making people do wrong than bile is in causing jaundice, or poison is in causing madness?

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Human Nature Calm Your Mind
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

To them that are sick of the jaundice, honey seems bitter; and to them that are bitten by a mad dog, the water terrible; and to children, a little ball seems a fine thing. And why then should I be angry? or do I think that error and false opinion is less powerful to make men transgress, than either choler, being immoderate and excessive, to cause the jaundice; or poison, to cause rage?

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