"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, “This is a misfortune” but “To bear this worthily is good fortune.”"
― Marcus Aurelius
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Good
More From Marcus Aurelius
- "Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people’s actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."
- "You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long."
- "When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man’s life."
More In Good
- "Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good."― Henry Rollins
- "If I hold back, I’m no good. I’m no good. I’d rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time."― Janis Joplin
- "Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue."― David Hume