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en-wikiquote-org-802		Marcus Aurelius - Wikiquote			.html	text/html	14730	1193	86	An angry countenance is much against nature...But were it so, that all anger and passion were so thoroughly quenched in thee, that it were altogether impossible to kindle it any more, yet herein must not thou rest satisfied, but further endeavour by good consequence of true ratiocination, perfectly to conceive and understand, that all anger and passion is against reason. As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two. From Plato: the man who has an elevated mind and takes a view of all time and of all substance, dost thou suppose it possible for him to think that human life is anything great? And why art thou not altogether intent upon the right way of making use of things which happen to thee?	./cache/en-wikiquote-org-802.html	./txt/en-wikiquote-org-802.txt