Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aureliuswas Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. Marcus Aurelius was the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors. He was a practitioner of Stoicism, and his untitled writing, commonly known as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, is the most significant source of our modern understanding of ancient Stoic philosophy...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 April 121
CityRome, Italy
men peculiar duty
It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him.
thinking looks favors
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.
arrogance let-it-go wealth
Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go.
self fire different
As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So does the one Self take the shape Of every creature in whom he is present.
freedom bees honey-bee
What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.
home men house
The man who has a house everywhere has a home nowhere
dog light crumbling
Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily
lying mistake people
Leave other people's mistakes where they lie.
ashes too-late glory
Glory arrives too late when it comes only to one's ashes
fall power men
Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for man to do, assume that it must fall within your own capacity.
character perfection lasts
To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing - here is the perfection of character.
silly people trying
It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.
men loses dies
The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing.
judging looks philosopher
If thou canst see sharp, look and judge wisely, says the philosopher.