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Marcus Aurelius, born in 121 AD and died in 180 AD, was an emperor of the Roman Empire. He is one of the Five Good Emperors and is known for his philosophical thoughts and the stability of his reign. He was not only an outstanding politician but also a famous Stoic philosopher, whose work 'Meditations' has had a profound impact on later generations.

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Famous Marcus Aurelius Quotes

“Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity.”

May Happens Fate Eternity Prepared Thee

Book:Meditations

Source: Meditations

“A man's happiness,-to do the things proper to man.”

Men Happiness

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“It is not the weight of the future or the past that is pressing upon you, but ever that of the present alone. Even this burden, too, can be lessened if you confine it strictly to its own limits.”

Ifs Past Limits Weight Burden

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment.”

Men Moments Remember Loses Sole

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“In reading and writing, you cannot lay down rules until you have learnt to obey them. Much more so in life.”

Writing Reading Lays Reading And Writing

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“A man does not sin by commission only, but often by omission.”

Men Doe Religion Sin Omission

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“I search after truth, by which man never yet was harmed.”

Men Truth

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just?”

Men Mind Pieces Wise Cutting Violence Pure Thee Curse Sober

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.”

Action Sin Becoming Sinner Wrongdoing

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.”

Reason Opinion Judgment Treats Contrary Assumption You Again Forming Opinions

Book:The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations

Source: The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations

“Let it judge that nothing is either bad or good which can happen equally to the bad man and the good. For that which happens equally to him who lives contrary to nature and to him who lives according to nature, is neither according to nature nor contrary to nature.”

Men Happens Judging Goodness Contrary Bad Man

Book:Meditations

Source: Meditations

“For a man can lose neither the past nor the future; for how can one take from him that which is not his? So remember these two points: first, that each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle, and that it signifies not whether a man shall look upon the same things for a hundred years or two hundred, or for an infinity of time; second, that the longest lived and the shortest lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing.”