Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

About Marcus Aurelius:

Marcus Aurelius is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

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Each day provides its own gifts.

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Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

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Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

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To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.

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Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

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And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

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The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

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Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

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Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

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How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

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Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

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To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

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There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

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Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

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Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.

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Author Bio

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