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Biography : (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) Emperor of Rome and Stoic philosopher.
Born: 121 - Died: 180
Period:
2nd century
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

Marcus Aurelius - Quotes

One light of the Sun, even though it be sundered by walls, by mountains, by a myriad other barriers.
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Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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In conversation one ought to follow closely what is being said; in the field of impulse to follow what is happening; in the latter case to see immediately what is the object of reference, in the former to mark closely the meaning expressed.
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It is possible to entertain no thought about this, and not to be troubled in spirit; for things of themselves are not so constituted as to create our judgements upon them.
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I am rising to the work of a human being.
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What then can be his escort through life? One thing and one thing only, Philosophy.
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When it is not possible to see what ought to be done, suspend your judgement and use the best men to advise you.
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Keep looking straight forward to the goal to which Nature is leading you, Universal Nature through what befalls you, and your own nature by what has to be done by yourself.
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nature

Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul;
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soul

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.
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Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you.
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Forgetting

To forbear, not only to do, but to intend any evil.
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Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.
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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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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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life

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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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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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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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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mind

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
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life

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
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I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.
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You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.
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time

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.
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music

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
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death

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
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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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time

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
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death

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