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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When a poet presents you with blank leaves you should consider it no small present
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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
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Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
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Your life is an expression of all your thoughts.
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Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body yet endures
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Since you are so well matched, and so much alike - a very bad wife, and a very bad husband - I wonder that you do not agree
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I would rather smell of nothing than of perfume
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Life is not merely being alive, but being well
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So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a father
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Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.
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People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
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The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
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Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.