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
bear exist men sake teach
Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.
exist free robber writes
The robber of your free will," writes Epictetus, "does not exist
coming existence hurrying others
Some things are hurrying into existence, and others are hurrying out of it; and of that which is coming into existence part is already extinguished
passing-away existence non-existence
Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence.
existence
Even while a thing is in the act of coming into existence, some part of it has already ceased to be.
past existence carried-away
Reflect often upon the rapidity with which all existing things, or things coming into existence, sweep past us and are carried away.
drinks mistake morning next till
It is a mistake to think that Acerra reeks of yesterday's liquor: Acerra always drinks till next morning
earth lightly rest thee
Rest lightly on her earth, for she trod never heavily on thee
act dignity life observed performance proper proportion remember
Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life
life lives loses man nor remember
Remember that no man loses any other life than this which he now lives, nor lives any other than this which he now loses
challenged magnitude
I think if we had the same magnitude of devastation that they had, we would be very much challenged as well,
likes needs none pity
I think he needs our pity who likes none
false itself man vice vicious
It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not a vicious man, you are vice itself
clue hesitate knowledge life
Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live