"Fear never beginning to live" — Marcus Aurelius

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

Meditations, Book II, 4

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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Discourses, Book III

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

Meditations, Book 3

A man’s true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and everything else.

Meditations