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
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Leave the wrong done by another where the wrong arose.
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No one wearies of benefits received.
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All things change, and you yourself are constantly wasting away. So also is the universe.
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Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you.
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Dress not thy thoughts in too fine a raiment. And be not a man of superfluous words or superfluous deeds.
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Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light or look the world in the face.
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There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.
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A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark.
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A man is a little soul carrying around a courpse.
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Embellish the soul with simplicity, with prudence, and everything which is neither virtuous nor vicious. Love all men. Walk according to God; for, as a poet hath said, his laws govern all.
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The best sort of revenue is not to be like him who did the injury.
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All that is from the gods is full of Providence.
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He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit.
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...in the ways of Nature there is no evil to be found.