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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I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.
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Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.
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Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
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The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
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Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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The perfumes at our board last night - Were exquisite, I won't deny it, But we were starved, we were outright, For meat, could no how come by it
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Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
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Your life is an expression of all your thoughts.
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Rest lightly on her earth, for she trod never heavily on thee
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Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life
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Remember that no man loses any other life than this which he now lives, nor lives any other than this which he now loses
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It is a mistake to think that Acerra reeks of yesterday's liquor: Acerra always drinks till next morning
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I think if we had the same magnitude of devastation that they had, we would be very much challenged as well,