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become aware of the fact that I needed amendment and training for my character;
“A man is known by the company he keeps.”
― Aesop's Fables
― Aesop's Fables
“tactful treatment of all his friends, so that simply to be with him was more delightful than any flattery, while at the same time those who enjoyed this privilege looked up to him with the utmost reverence”
― Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius
― Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius
“calm mind, a fit body, and a house full of love. These things cannot be bought. They must be earned.”
― The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
― The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
“Call to mind how long you deffer these things, and how many times you have received from the Gods grace of the appointed day and you do not use it. Yet now, if never before, you should realize what Universe you are a part of, and as an emanation from what Controller of that Universe you subsist; and that a limit has been set to your time, which if you do not use it to let daylight into your soul, it will be gone and never again shall the chance be yours.”
― Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius
― Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius
“Every man carries Two Bags about with him, one in front and one behind, and both are packed full of faults. The Bag in front contains his neighbours’ faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.”
― Aesop's Fables
― Aesop's Fables
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