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More Marcus Aurelius quotes
"Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.
"You are a product of your thoughts. What you think, you become.
"The infinity of past and future gapes before us - A chasm whose depths we cannot see.
"The infinity of past and future gapes before us - A chasm whose depths we cannot see.
"The infinity of past and future gapes before us - A chasm whose depths we cannot see.
"You are a product of your thoughts. What you think, you become.
"You are a product of your thoughts. What you think, you become.
"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.