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
account full gratitude remember
Take full account of what excellencies which you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
gratitude whole universe
The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it - either gratefully better than or bitterly worse than something else that you alone choose.
gratitude sadness expression
In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence
gratitude quality looks
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
gratitude cheer men
Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it.
thank-you gratitude grateful
Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
running gratitude philosophical
Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.
life gratitude philosophical
Each day provides its own gifts.
thankful dream gratitude
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
equal gone minute ours passing
The passing minute is every man's equal possession, but what has once gone by is not ours
enjoy life past twice
To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice
grant greater half lip wilt withhold worth
With only half a lip you kiss, And half of that I ne'er' should miss, A greater boon, of worth untold, Wilt grant me? That whole half withhold
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When I was ill, you came to me, Doctor, and with great urgency A hundred students brought With you A most instructive case to view The hundred fingered me with hands Chill'd by the blasts of northern lands: Fever at outset had I none I have it, Sir,
call explore plan substance time
There comes a time when you may have to call for help. Do we have a plan of substance in place? Yes. Are there things we need to explore further? Probably. Will we do so? Yes.