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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Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.
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Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
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Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just?
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Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.
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To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.
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The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
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Dig within. There lies the wellspring of good.
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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