Marcus Aurelius

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Biography : Emperor of Rome.
Born: 121 - Died: 180
Period:
2nd century
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

Italy

Marcus Aurelius - Quotes

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
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Often he who omits an act does injustice, not only he who commits an act.
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Often he who omits an act does injustice, not only he who commits an act.

Examine men's ruling principles, even those of the wise, what kind of things they avoid, and what kind they pursue.
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sage

While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
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Very little is needed to make a happy life.
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happiness

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
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Observe what your nature requires of you.
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nature

Some things are hastening to be, others to have come and gone, and a part of what is coming into being is already extinct.
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to be

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

Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.
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Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.

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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