Maxioms by Marcus Aurelius
Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and read more
Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and thus burying your poor sardonyx? Such rings are more suited to your legs the weight is too great for fingers
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought read more
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to site thn it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; read more
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act read more
Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury
