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
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
accept court declining favor gave grave invitation reason repay socrates wish
Socrates gave as his reason for declining an invitation to the court of Perdiccas, "I have no wish to go down to my grave with ignominy;" implying that he would accept no favor which he could not repay
wish poverty poor
Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor
atheist wish use
Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?
eye healthy wish
The healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say, I wish for green things; for this is the condition of a diseased eye.
great man small wish
You wish to appear, Cotta, a pretty man and a great man at one and the same time: but he who is a pretty man, Cotta, is a very small man
mind wish affair
Purge your mind of all aimless and idle thoughts, especially those that pry into the affairs of others or wish them ill.
cannot comply willing wills wishes
Galla will, and will not comply with my wishes and I cannot tell with her willing and not willing, what she wills
men wish despise
Men despise one another and flatter one another; and men wish to raise themselves above one another, and crouch before one another.
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,