Meditations by Marcus Aurelius translated by George W. Chrystal (~180) Book 6 Pt 3
Bonus:
#19
Summary: Memes.
Commentary:
13. "Keep these thoughts for meats and eatables: This that is before me is the dead carcase of a fish, a fowl, a hog." And then some more about wine is just grapes, etc. This shows you how little they're worth and how to avoid vanity.
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15. Things are born and die (at varying speeds).
16. The freedom to make your own decisions is better than being a slave to applause.
17. The physical goes in all sorts of directions, virtue goes in a line.
18. We insult our contemporaries, but we want to be praised by our predecessors (impossible).
19. Just because it's hard doesn't mean it's impossible. If you see something is possible, don't give up.
20. If someone accidentally fouls you at the gym, you don't get offended, you just dodge him the next time. Be the same in the rest of your life.
21. If someone proves you wrong, take the correction gladly. Truth is the goal, and truth hurts no one. Continuing in error does hurt.
22. I do my duty and don't worry about things that don't matter.
23. Be generous and free with the physical world.
24. We all die the same.
25. There's a lot of stuff going on at the same time, and a lot of things existing.
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