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Message of the East - Page 8
1922
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The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1864 - 345 pages
...which summons him from life, and ready to go, having need neither of oath nor of any man's testimony. Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquillity which others give. A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. 6. If thou flndest in human life anything better...
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The Monthly Religious Magazine, Volume 42

1869 - 562 pages
...children of God ; and if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ." " BE cheerful, and seek not external help, nor the tranquillity which...man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. " Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the....
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The Religious Magazine and Monthly Review, Volume 42

1869 - 550 pages
...children of God ; and if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ." " BE 'cheerful, and seek not external help, nor the tranquillity which...man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. " Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the...
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The thoughts of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, tr. by G. Long

emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - 1869 - 230 pages
...which summons him from life, and ready to go, having need neither of oath nor of any man's testimony. Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquillity which others give. A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. 6. If thou findest in human life anything better...
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Chapters from the Bible of the Ages

Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 416 pages
...neither of oath nor any man's testimony. Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquility which others give. A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose...
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Chapters from the Bible of the Ages

Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 408 pages
...neither of oath nor any man's testimony. Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquility which others give. A man must stand erect^ not be kept erect by others. Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose...
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Extracts from Various Authors, and Fragments of Table-talk: Afternoons at L ...

Edward Law Hussey - 1873 - 172 pages
...which summons him from life, and ready to go, having need neither of oath nor of any man's testimony. Be cheerful also, and seek not external help, nor the tranquillity which others give. A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others. ******* The art of life is more like the wrestler's...
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The Great Slighted Fortune

John Dempster Bell - 1878 - 480 pages
...So it ever is: he who is rightly individual and unique fulfills the aphorism of Marcus Aurelius, " A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by .others ; " he also unbends and relaxes, showing that within him is a heart not made of metal or of rock, of wood...
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The Gods and Religions of Ancient and Modern Times ...

De Robigne Mortimer Bennett - 1880 - 980 pages
...20. MARCUS AURELIUS, a Roman emperor of the second century, but who was a heathen, said: "Be cheerful and seek not external help, nor the tranquillity which others give." " A man must stand erect and not be kept erect by others." " Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel...
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The triplet of life, or A book of records for births, marriages, and deaths ...

Mary Frederica P. Dunbar - 1883 - 416 pages
...is a bridle of gold ; and he who uses it rightly is more like a god than a man. BURTON. Be cheerful, and seek not external help, nor the tranquillity which others give ; a man must stand erect, not to be kept erect by others. MARCUS AURELIUS. My Love doth in herself contain All this word's riches,...
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