Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

Marcus Aurelius
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  1. Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

  2. Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

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  4. Our life is what our thoughts make it.

  5. The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

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