{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_x: If it were that thou hadst", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_d9f0810d60fa", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_x: If it were that thou hadst at one time both a stepmother, and a natural mothe...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "If it were that thou hadst at one time both a stepmother, and a natural mother living, thou wouldst honour and respect her also; nevertheless to thine own natural mother would thy refuge, and recourse"}, {"id": "card_n_4c7d3d5831df", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xlv: Nothing can happen unto thee, which is not incidental unto thee, as thou art ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Nothing can happen unto thee, which is not incidental unto thee, as thou art a man. 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Am I then yet unwilling to go about that, for which I "}, {"id": "card_n_8b107410efcc", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xviii: An angry countenance is much against nature, and it is oftentimes the proper ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An angry countenance is much against nature, and it is oftentimes the proper countenance of them that are at the point of death. 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And no times are coeternal with Thee, because Thou abidest; but if they abode, they should not be times. For what is tim"}, {"id": "card_n_2705c215cde9", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xv: If it were thine act and in thine own power, wouldest thou do it?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "If it were thine act and in thine own power, wouldest thou do it? If it were not, whom dost tin accuse? the atoms, or the Gods? For to do either, the part of a mad man. Thou must therefore blame nobod"}, {"id": "card_n_d474709a22a0", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xi: Either fate, (and that either an absolute necessity, and unavoidable decree; ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Either fate, (and that either an absolute necessity, and unavoidable decree; or a placable and flexible Providence) or all is a mere casual confusion, void of all order and government. 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As that thou also perchance dost think it a happines"}, {"id": "card_n_040560953580", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_iv: how come it to pass that the Gods having ordered all other things so well and...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "how come it to pass that the Gods having ordered all other things so well and so lovingly, should be overseen in this one only thing, that whereas then hath been some very good men that have made many"}, {"id": "card_n_6fc581b1aa11", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_xliv: Dost thou grieve that thou dost weigh but so many pounds, and not three hundr...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Dost thou grieve that thou dost weigh but so many pounds, and not three hundred rather? Just as much reason hast thou to grieve that thou must live but so many years, and not longer. For as for bulk a"}]}