{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_01_x: Of Catulus, not to contemn", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_70e7a0a37499", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_01_x: Of Catulus, not to contemn any friend's expostulation, though unjust, but to ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of Catulus, not to contemn any friend's expostulation, though unjust, but to strive to reduce him to his former disposition: freely and heartily to speak well of all my masters upon any occasion, as i"}, {"id": "card_n_90d757cb165e", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_05_ix: Be not discontented, be not disheartened, be not out of hope, if often it suc...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Be not discontented, be not disheartened, be not out of hope, if often it succeed not so well with thee punctually and precisely to do all things according to the right dogmata, but being once cast of"}, {"id": "card_n_04edf36a48da", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_vii: Thou hast no time nor opportunity to read.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Thou hast no time nor opportunity to read. What then? Hast thou not time and opportunity to exercise thyself, not to wrong thyself; to strive against all carnal pleasures and pains, and to get the upp"}, {"id": "card_n_ea5ce95a8c6c", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xxxiii: Let it not be in any man's power, to say truly of thee, that thou art not tru...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Let it not be in any man's power, to say truly of thee, that thou art not truly simple, or sincere and open, or not good. Let him be deceived whosoever he be that shall have any such opinion of thee. "}, {"id": "card_n_7e71b319c348", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_01_ii: Of him that brought me up, not to be fondly addicted to either of the two gre...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of him that brought me up, not to be fondly addicted to either of the two great factions of the coursers in the circus, called Prasini, and Veneti: nor in the amphitheatre partially to favour any of t"}, {"id": "card_n_828ccd4d8a9a", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xiii: This may ever be my comfort and security: my understanding, that ruleth over ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This may ever be my comfort and security: my understanding, that ruleth over all, will not of itself bring trouble and vexation upon itself. This I say; it will not put itself in any fear, it will not"}, {"id": "card_n_2f888cd55912", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_01_iii: Of Diognetus, not to busy myself about vain things, and not easily to believe...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of Diognetus, not to busy myself about vain things, and not easily to believe those things, which are commonly spoken, by such as take upon them to work wonders, and by sorcerers, or prestidigitators,"}, {"id": "card_n_70303fecaefc", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_11_xii: Will any contemn me?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Will any contemn me? let him look to that, upon what grounds he does it: my care shall be that I may never be found either doing or speaking anything that doth truly deserve contempt. Will any hate me"}, {"id": "card_n_b154240256de", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_01_iv: To Rusticus I am beholding, that I first entered into the conceit that my lif...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "To Rusticus I am beholding, that I first entered into the conceit that my life wanted some redress and cure. And then, that I did not fall into the ambition of ordinary sophists, either to write tract"}, {"id": "card_n_74a109adc16e", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_iii: Thou must not in matter of death carry thyself scornfully, but as one that is...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Thou must not in matter of death carry thyself scornfully, but as one that is well pleased with it, as being one of those things that nature hath appointed. For what thou dost conceive of these, of a "}, {"id": "card_n_2fe7dc5d2d51", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_03_xvi: To steal, to sow, to buy, to be at rest, to see what is to be done (which is ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "To steal, to sow, to buy, to be at rest, to see what is to be done (which is not seen by the eyes, but by another kind of sight:) what these words mean, and how many ways to be understood, they do not"}, {"id": "card_n_41670b39084c", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_01_i: Of my grandfather Verus I have learned to be gentle and meek, and to refrain ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of my grandfather Verus I have learned to be gentle and meek, and to refrain from all anger and passion. From the fame and memory of him that begot me I have learned both shamefastness and manlike beh"}, {"id": "card_n_dbdedfebf776", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_03_xvii: To be capable of fancies and imaginations, is common to man and beast.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "To be capable of fancies and imaginations, is common to man and beast. To be violently drawn and moved by the lusts and desires of the soul, is proper to wild beasts and monsters, such as Phalaris and"}, {"id": "card_n_c2aa1dab14e9", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xxxv: What pain soever thou art in, let this presently come to thy mind, that it is...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "What pain soever thou art in, let this presently come to thy mind, that it is not a thing whereof thou needest to be ashamed, neither is it a thing whereby thy understanding, that hath the government "}, {"id": "card_n_71e5ef24b2bf", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_01_xvi: Whatsoever I am, is either flesh, or life, or that which we commonly call the...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whatsoever I am, is either flesh, or life, or that which we commonly call the mistress and overruling part of man; reason. Away with thy books, suffer not thy mind any more to be distracted, and carri"}, {"id": "card_n_b0edca62204b", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xxvii: To stir up a man to the contempt of death this among other things, is of good...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "To stir up a man to the contempt of death this among other things, is of good power and efficacy, that even they who esteemed pleasure to be happiness, and pain misery, did nevertheless many of them c"}, {"id": "card_n_abb11a36aa46", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xxv: The true joy of a man, is to do that which properly belongs unto a man.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The true joy of a man, is to do that which properly belongs unto a man. That which is most proper unto a man, is, first, to be kindly affected towards them that are of the same kind and nature as he i"}, {"id": "card_c_07bee7f21983", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_xxviii → Aurelius, Meditations §aur_01_iv: To", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential prev in aurelius_meditations."}, {"id": "card_c_0dc58ca08934", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xxxvii → Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xi: To", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential prev in aurelius_meditations."}, {"id": "card_c_32e877d65a7b", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_i: Thi → Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xi: To", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential next in aurelius_meditations."}]}