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Marcus Aurelius

Quote of Marcus Aurelius - Suppose a man can convince me...


Biography - Marcus Aurelius:

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

Suppose a man can convince me of error and bring home to me that I am mistaken in thought or act; I shall be glad to alter, for the truth is what I pursue, and no one was ever injured by the truth, whereas he is injured who continues in his own self-deception and ignorance.


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French
Si quelqu'un peut me convaincre et me prouver que je pense ou que j'agis mal, je serai heureux de me corriger. Car je cherche la vérité, qui n'a jamais porté dommage à personne. Mais il se nuit celui qui persiste en son erreur et en son ignorance.

German
Wenn mich jemand überzeugen kann, dass ich nicht richtig urteile oder handle, so will ich's mit Freuden anders machen, denn ich bin ein Wahrheitssucher, und von der Wahrheit hat noch nie jemand Schaden gelitten. Schaden leidet aber, wer auf seinem Irrtum und auf seiner Unwissenheit beharrt.




See also 

See also...



Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

We should be ashamed of making a mistake, not of repairing it.

Let the other side be heard as well.

When someone opposes me, he arouses my attention, not my anger. I go to greet a man who contradicts me, who instructs me.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I could not learn something from him.




Quotes for: truth


Quotes

Quotes for: truth


To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.





Love truth, but pardon error.





Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.





The language of truth is simple.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.











Quotes for: ignorance


Quotes

Quotes about ignorance:


The opposite of humility is pride, and all pride is ignorance.





The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.





All I know is that I know nothing.





Ignorance is the mother of all evils.





I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance.





Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Plato / 











Quotes

Marcus Aurelius also said...


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.





Do not trouble yourself, make yourself simple.





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.





A property, of the rational soul is love of one's neighbour.





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












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