Marcus Aurelius Quotes

• Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.

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  Topics in Life

• Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not “This is misfortune,” but “To bear this worthily is good fortune.

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  Topics in Inspirational

• Some things are hurrying into existence, and others are hurrying out of it; and of that which is coming into existence part is already extinguished.

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  Topics in Death

• Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.

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  Topics in Love

  Tags in People

• Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

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  Topics in Beauty, Life

• The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

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  Topics in Enemy

  Tags in Like, Revenge, Philosophy

• Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left, and live it properly.

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  Topics in Life

  Tags in Properly, Dead

• The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

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  Topics in Life

  Tags in Depends, Happiness

• Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life.

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  Topics in Life

  Tags in Remember

• Your life is what your thoughts make it.

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  Topics in Inspirational, Life

• You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Good

• You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

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  Topics in Power

  Tags in Inspiration

• Where a man can live, he can also live well.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Man

• When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

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  Topics in Inspirational, Life, Love, Success

  Tags in Think, Privilege

• When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man’s life.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Topics in Life

• Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

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  Topics in Nature

  Tags in Time

• What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Earth

• We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Good

• We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.

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• Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Good, Time

Marcus Aurelius (122)

Birth:	26th April, 0121
Death:	17th March, 0180
Nationality:	Roman
Profession:	Emperor, Philosopher

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Marcus Aurelius was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.

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