Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.
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The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

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Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

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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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Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

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Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

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To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.

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What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.

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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

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Where a man can live, he can also live well.

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We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.

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A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

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Be content to seem what you really are.

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The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.

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Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

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It is not the actions of others which trouble us (for those actions are controlled by their governing part), but rather it is our own judgments. Therefore remove those judgments and resolve to let go of your anger, and it will already be gone. How do...

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Blame and praise have no true effects.

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Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.

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Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.

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Live every day as if they last.

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And so accept everything that happens, even if it is disagreeable, because it leads to this, to the health of the universe and to the prosperity and felicity of Zeus

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Author Bio

  • NameMarcus Aurelius
  • DescriptionEmperor of Ancient Rome
  • AliasesMarcus Aurelius
  • BornApril 26, 121
  • DiedMarch 17, 180
  • CountryRoman Empire
  • ProfessionEmperor