Quotes by Aurelius, Marcus

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes o >>

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Quotations about Self-interest

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only b >>

A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of a >>

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the po >>

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the gods have given you. It is now high time to consider what sort of world you are part of, and from what kind of governor of it you are descended; that you have a set period assigned you to act in, and unless you improve it to brighten and compose your thoughts, it will quickly run off with you, and be lost beyond recovery.

Aurelius, Marcus