Quotes by Aurelius, Marcus
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121 March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was born Marcus Annius Catilius Severus, and at marriage took the name Marcus Annius Verus. When he was named Emperor, he was given the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums.
"Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear."
Aurelius, Marcus on endurance
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"That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees."
Aurelius, Marcus on environment
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"Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be."
Aurelius, Marcus on fate
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"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."
Aurelius, Marcus on fear
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"Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already."
Aurelius, Marcus on fulfillment
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"Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil."
Aurelius, Marcus on evil
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"Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life."
Aurelius, Marcus on happiness
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"He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe."
Aurelius, Marcus on harmony
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"Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
Aurelius, Marcus on injury
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
Aurelius, Marcus on integrity
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"If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it."
Aurelius, Marcus on integrity
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"Your life is what your thoughts make it."
Aurelius, Marcus on life
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"And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last."
Aurelius, Marcus on life
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"Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live."
Aurelius, Marcus on life
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"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."
Aurelius, Marcus on anger
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"When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life."
Aurelius, Marcus on anger
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"Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight."
Aurelius, Marcus on losers and losing
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"How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks."
Aurelius, Marcus on opinions
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Aurelius, Marcus on power
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"Confine yourself to the present"
Aurelius, Marcus on present
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"To live happily is an inward power of the soul."
Aurelius, Marcus on soul
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"Do every act of your life as if it were your last."
Aurelius, Marcus on action
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