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Marcus Aurelius

Read through the most famous quotes from Marcus Aurelius




Poverty is the mother of crime.


— Marcus Aurelius


#mother #poverty

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.


— Marcus Aurelius


#even #forward #look #matter #never

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."


— Marcus Aurelius


#bear #bitter #fortune #future #good

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


— Marcus Aurelius


#ability #broaden #comes #investigate #life

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.


— Marcus Aurelius


#color #dyed #soul #thoughts

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.


— Marcus Aurelius


#everything #find #happens #observe #should

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


— Marcus Aurelius


#bear #formed #happens #man #nature

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.


— Marcus Aurelius


#man #should #upright

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


— Marcus Aurelius


#delight #else #loss #nature #nothing

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.


— Marcus Aurelius


#character #dyed #habitual #mind #soul






About Marcus Aurelius

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Did you know about Marcus Aurelius?

He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. Tutor Fronto and various Antonine officials survives in a series of patchy manuscripts covering the period from c. 138 to 166.

Marcus Aurelius' Stoic tome Meditations written in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180 is still revered as a literary monument to a philosophy of service and duty describing how to find and preserve equanimity in the midst of conflict by following nature as a source of guidance and inspiration. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.

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