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.
board deny last night perfumes
The perfumes at our board last night - Were exquisite, I won't deny it, But we were starved, we were outright, For meat, could no how come by it
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
happiness happy motivation
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
positive men pursue
The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.
life lying men
Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
mules drivers died
Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both.
stoicism thrive feels
Choose not to be harmed and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed and you haven't been.
reason rational
To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason.
thee pauses ifs
Severally on the occasion of everything that thou doest, pause and ask thyself, if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives thee of this.
single-life soul substance
The universe is a single life comprising one substance and one soul.
reason vain appetite
Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.