Marcus Aurelius Quotes

• 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.

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• Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

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• Everything we hear is an opinion not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective not the truth.

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

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• Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

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• Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

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• Each day provides its own gifts.

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• Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

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• Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

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• Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

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• Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

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• Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.

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• Confine yourself to the present.

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• Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

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• Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

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• Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

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• Be content to seem what you really are.

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• Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

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• Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

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• Anger cannot be dishonest.

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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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