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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Socrates gave as his reason for declining an invitation to the court of Perdiccas, "I have no wish to go down to my grave with ignominy;" implying that he would accept no favor which he could not repay
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He is a true fugitive who flies from reason.
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For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
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Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.
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Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.
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If the gods care not for me and for my children, There is a reason for it.
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He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.
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Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.
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To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason.
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The robber of your free will," writes Epictetus, "does not exist
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The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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Are you astonished Aulus, that our friend Fabullinus is so frequently deceived? A good man has always something to learn in regard to fraud
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Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered
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Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly; but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sink to rest