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
life expression life-is
Your life is an expression of all your thoughts.
life merely
Life is not merely being alive, but being well
eagerly reflect select sought thou
Think not so much of what thou hast not, as of what thou hast; but of the things which thou hast select the best, and reflect how eagerly they would have been sought if thou hadst them not
however man
However much a man gives, there is more that he withholds
august certainly somewhat
It certainly is uncomfortable for everybody. It's somewhat of an anomaly. We're still in August but temperatures like this are uncommon.
clue hesitate knowledge life
Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live
declares hooks invitation unless
Philo declares he never dines at home, and that is no exaggeration: He has no place whereat to dine in Rome, Unless he hooks an invitation
formed happens man nature
Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear.
half lend lose rather wishes
He who prefers to give to Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half
refuses soon
He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse
challenged magnitude
I think if we had the same magnitude of devastation that they had, we would be very much challenged as well,
earth lightly rest thee
Rest lightly on her earth, for she trod never heavily on thee
epigram frivolous meant misses thinks
He misses what is meant by epigram - who thinks it only frivolous flimflam
greater worth
A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions