{"query": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_11_xix: He that hath not one and", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_8b908643528e", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_11_xix: He that hath not one and the self-same general end always as long as he livet...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "He that hath not one and the self-same general end always as long as he liveth, cannot possibly be one and the self-same man always. But this will not suffice except thou add also what ought to be thi"}, {"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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For if necessity so require that they come to pass, thou shalt (whensoever that is) be provided for them with the same reason, by which whatsoever is now present, i"}, {"id": "card_n_58913aca9d7d", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_04_xvi: He who is greedy of credit and reputation after his death, doth not consider,...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "He who is greedy of credit and reputation after his death, doth not consider, that they themselves by whom he is remembered, shall soon after every one of them be dead; and they likewise that succeed "}, {"id": "card_n_392f5d9647b4", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_07_027: Most eagerly then did I seize that venerable writing of Thy Spirit; and chief...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Most eagerly then did I seize that venerable writing of Thy Spirit; and chiefly the Apostle Paul. Whereupon those difficulties vanished away, wherein he once seemed to me to contradict himself, and th"}, {"id": "card_n_c595fef82737", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_03_iv: Spend not the remnant of thy days in thoughts and fancies concerning other me...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Spend not the remnant of thy days in thoughts and fancies concerning other men, when it is not in relation to some common good, when by it thou art hindered from some other better work. That is, spend"}, {"id": "card_n_af07b18a9161", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xxvi: From man is the seed, that once cast into the womb man hath no more to do wit...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "From man is the seed, that once cast into the womb man hath no more to do with it. Another cause succeedeth, and undertakes the work, and in time brings a child (that wonderful effect from such a begi"}, {"id": "card_n_da61b7cf43cd", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_10_xxxiv: As he that is bitten by a mad dog, is afraid of everything almost that he see...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As he that is bitten by a mad dog, is afraid of everything almost that he seeth: so unto him, whom the dogmata have once bitten, or in whom true knowledge hath made an impression, everything almost th"}, {"id": "card_n_e22d2aa57c61", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_02_xii: If thou shouldst live three thousand, or as many as ten thousands of years, y...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "If thou shouldst live three thousand, or as many as ten thousands of years, yet remember this, that man can part with no life properly, save with that little part of life, which he now lives: and that"}, {"id": "card_n_eecb56d1432c", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_06_xix: Suppose that at the palestra somebody hath all to-torn thee with his nails, a...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Suppose that at the palestra somebody hath all to-torn thee with his nails, and hath broken thy head. Well, thou art wounded. Yet thou dost not exclaim; thou art not offended with him. Thou dost not s"}, {"id": "card_n_ae9527cfe8e1", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_05_vi: Such there be, who when they have done a good turn to any, are ready to set t...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Such there be, who when they have done a good turn to any, are ready to set them on the score for it, and to require retaliation. Others there be, who though they stand not upon retaliation, to requir"}, {"id": "card_n_8ef4af63abab", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_05_viii: As we say commonly, The physician hath prescribed unto this man, riding; unto...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "As we say commonly, The physician hath prescribed unto this man, riding; unto another, cold baths; unto a third, to go barefoot: so it is alike to say, The nature of the universe hath prescribed unto "}, {"id": "card_n_f6f744d4ef16", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xiii: At thy first encounter with any one, say presently to thyself: This man, what...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "At thy first encounter with any one, say presently to thyself: This man, what are his opinions concerning that which is good or evil? as concerning pain, pleasure, and the causes of both; concerning h"}, {"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. "}]}