Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (/ɔːˈriːliəs/;[1] 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors (a term coined some 13 centuries later by Niccolò Machiavelli), and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161.
The Column and Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius still stand in Rome, where they were erected in celebration of his military victories. Meditations, the writings of "the philosopher" – as contemporary biographers called Marcus, are a significant source of the modern understanding of ancient Stoic philosophy. They have been praised by fellow writers, philosophers, monarchs, and politicians centuries after his death.
Quotes:
- “Remember: Matter. How tiny your share of it. Time. How brief and fleeting your allotment of it. Fate. How small a role you play in it.”
- “Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.”
- “A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.”
- “Give yourself a gift: the present moment.”
- “Live each day as if it be your last.”
- “What we do now echoes in eternity.”
- “Time is a river, a violent current of events, glimpsed once and already carried past us, and another follows and is done.”
- “The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.”
- “All things fade and quickly turn to myth.”
- “Confine yourself to the present.”
- “Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.”
- “Each day provides its own gifts.”
- “Each of us needs what nature gives us, when nature gives it.”
- “Nothing natural is evil.”
- “Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back.”
- “The act of dying is one of the acts of life.”
- “The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.”
- “It’s silly to try to escape other people’s faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.”
- “It is not events that disturb people, it is their judgements concerning them.”
- “The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.”
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100+ Best Quotes of Marcus Aurelius:
part 1 of 6: Live your Life to the Fullest
part 2 of 6: Motivation
part 3 of 6: Love and Happiness
part 4 of 6: Controlling your anger and have a good life
part 5 of 6: Life Lessons
part 6 of 6: Inspirational
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