{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_viii: Now that thou hast taken", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_415248971af9", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_viii: Now that thou hast taken these names upon thee of good, modest, true; of ἔμφρ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Now that thou hast taken these names upon thee of good, modest, true; of ἔμφρων, σύμφρων, ὑπέρφρων; take heed lest at any times by doing anything that is contrary, thou be but improperly so called, an"}, {"id": "card_n_5082973e235c", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_05_xxv: How hast thou carried thyself hitherto towards the Gods?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "How hast thou carried thyself hitherto towards the Gods? towards thy parents? towards thy brethren? towards thy wife? towards thy children? towards thy masters? thy foster-fathers? thy friends? thy do"}, {"id": "card_n_03faa6ae44bf", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xix: Cast away from thee opinion, and thou art safe.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cast away from thee opinion, and thou art safe. And what is it that hinders thee from casting of it away? 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Just as much reason hast thou to grieve that thou must live but so many years, and not longer. For as for bulk a"}, {"id": "card_n_a0d2f3b5de65", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xliii: When thou hast done well, and another is benefited by thy action, must thou l...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "When thou hast done well, and another is benefited by thy action, must thou like a very fool look for a third thing besides, as that it may appear unto others also that thou hast done well, or that th"}, {"id": "card_n_5a7abceb59ea", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_07_xix: Whensoever any man doth trespass against other, presently consider with thyse...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whensoever any man doth trespass against other, presently consider with thyself what it was that he did suppose to be good, what to be evil, when he did trespass. For this when thou knowest, thou wilt"}, {"id": "card_n_d3b00b21a58c", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_05_i: In the morning when thou findest thyself unwilling to rise, consider with thy...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In the morning when thou findest thyself unwilling to rise, consider with thyself presently, it is to go about a man's work that I am stirred up. 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If an absolute "}, {"id": "card_n_51d7b943ee3f", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_xxi: To them that ask thee, Where hast thou seen the Gods, or how knowest thou cer...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "To them that ask thee, Where hast thou seen the Gods, or how knowest thou certainly that there be Gods, that thou art so devout in their worship? I answer first of all, that even to the very eye, they"}, {"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. As nothing can happen either to an ox, a vine, or to a stone, which is not incidental unto them; unto every one in h"}, {"id": "card_n_69f4ee2fc440", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_xx: As occasion shall require, either to thine own understanding, or to that of t...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As occasion shall require, either to thine own understanding, or to that of the universe, or to his, whom thou hast now to do with, let thy refuge be with all speed. To thine own, that it resolve upon"}, {"id": "card_n_ae01de9e0373", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xxxvi: There is not any man that is so happy in his death, but that some of those th...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There is not any man that is so happy in his death, but that some of those that are by him when he dies, will be ready to rejoice at his supposed calamity. Is it one that was virtuous and wise indeed?"}, {"id": "card_n_6bb16fd7451c", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_02_i: Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a cer...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a certain day and hour as it were, having been set unto thee by the gods, thou hast neglected it. It is high time for thee to un"}]}