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Marcus Aurelius

Quote of Marcus Aurelius: Live out your life without restraint...


Biography - Marcus Aurelius:

Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) is a Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher. He ruled from 161 to 180 AD and is best known for his Meditations, a collection of aphorisms and brief reflections on duty, death, and the conduct of the wise person in the face of human errors and weaknesses.
Born: 121 - Died: 180
Period:
2nd century
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

Live out your life without restraint in entire gladness even if all men shout what they please against you.


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Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il faut savoir, à l'abri de toute violence, conserver la paix la plus profonde de son cœur, quand bien même le genre humain tout entier nous poursuivrait de ses vaines clameurs.

German
Ohne Anfechtung kannst du in höchster Seelenruhe leben, wenn auch alle Menschen nach Herzenslust ein Geschrei wider dich erheben sollten.




See also 

See also...



Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times.

There are hurricanes in human affairs, tempests of passion, when it is wise to retire to a harbor and ride it out at anchor. Remedies often make diseases worse.




Quotes

Marcus Aurelius also said...


Universal Nature has made reasonable creatures for the sake of one another.





Delve within; within is the fountain of good, and it is always ready to bubble up, if you always delve.





Often he who omits an act does injustice, not only he who commits an act.





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.





What then can be his escort through life? One thing and one thing only, Philosophy.





'No soul is willing to be robbed of truth', he says. The same holds of justice, too, of temperance, of kindness, and the like. It is most necessary to remember this continually, for thus you will be more gentle to all men.












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