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
Marcus Aurelius quotes about
life expression life-is
Your life is an expression of all your thoughts.
life merely
Life is not merely being alive, but being well
blessing ephemeral falls human humankind journey nature observe olive pass produced space thy time tree worthless
Always observe how ephemeral and worthless human things are. Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew.
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
connection constantly found mistress proper surprised
As I was constantly told that my mistress Polla indulged in improper connection with a young libertine; I surprised them and found it was as proper as my own
bubble dig ready wellspring within
Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
circle eternity forms round
All things from eternity are of like forms and come round in a circle
drinks mistake morning next till
It is a mistake to think that Acerra reeks of yesterday's liquor: Acerra always drinks till next morning
flaw greater hidden
The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is
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