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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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
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Every instant of time... is a pinprick of eternity.
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Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore?
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The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
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A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
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It is a mistake to think that Acerra reeks of yesterday's liquor: Acerra always drinks till next morning
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Rest lightly on her earth, for she trod never heavily on thee
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Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life
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Remember that no man loses any other life than this which he now lives, nor lives any other than this which he now loses
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I think if we had the same magnitude of devastation that they had, we would be very much challenged as well,
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I think he needs our pity who likes none
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It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not a vicious man, you are vice itself
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Knowledge the clue to life can give: Then wherefore hesitate to live