The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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Marcus AureliusMeditations, Book VI
About Marcus Aurelius
Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher who wrote the Meditations. (121-180)
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- Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.Meditations, Book X
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- Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.Meditations, Book VII, tr. George Long
- The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.Meditations, Book V, tr. Gregory Hays
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