Marcus Aurelius Quotes - Page 15

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• The constant recollection of death is the test of human conduct.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Death, Dying, Tests

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• Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.

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  Love, Learning, Littles

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book IV, 31,

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• It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.

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  Pain, Giving, Fit

  Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.48, Lulu.com

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• A great estate is a great disadvantage to those who do not know how to use it, for nothing is more common than to see wealthy persons live scandalously and miserably; riches do them no service in order to virtue and happiness; therefore 'tis precept and principle, not an estate, that makes a man good for something.

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  Men, Order, Principles

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• He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.

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  Cheerful, Reason, Tranquil

  Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.111, Enhanced Media Publishing

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• Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the remainder which is allowed thee.

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  Thee, Present Time, Thyself

  Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.41, Lulu.com

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

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  Men, Omission, Religion

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• To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less will be your grief

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  Grief, Men, Joy

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• Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life, - there, if one must speak out, the real man.

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  Life, Real, Self Esteem

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius (Book X, Chapter 38), circa 170.

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• Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.

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  Pride, Fortune, Reluctance

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), Thomas Gataker (1749). “The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus”, p.307

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• Everything is but what we think it.

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  Thinking

  Marcus Aurelius (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius (Illustrated)”, p.33, Delphi Classics

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

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  Death, Philosophical, Secret

  Marcus Aurelius (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius (Illustrated)”, p.43, Delphi Classics

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• Remember this - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

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  Life, Character, Dignity

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IV, (32), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well.

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  Ephemeral, Reputation, Dignity

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IV, (35), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• There is change in all things. You yourself are subject to continual change and some decay, and this is common to the entire universe.

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  Change, Decay, Common

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• How very near us stand the two vast gulfs of time, the past and the future, in which all things disappear.

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  Time, Past, Two

  Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Emperor of Rome) (1887*). “The Meditations: Translated from the Greek”

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• Keep yourself simple, good, pure, serious, and unassuming; the friend of justice and godliness; kindly, affectionate, and resolute in your devotion to duty.

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  Simple, Justice, Serious

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• Leave the wrong done by another where the wrong arose.

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  Advice, Done

  Marcus Aurelius (2009). “Meditations”, p.47, Everyman's Library

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• The earth loveth the shower," and "the holy æther knoweth what love is." The Universe, too, loves to create whatsoever is destined to be made.

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  Love Is, Earth, Holy

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• Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.

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  Life, Sage, Occupation

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• Life is short. That's all there is to say. Get what you can from the present - thoughtfully, justly.

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  Life Is Short, Life Is

  Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.43, Modern Library

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• It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres.

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  Inspirational, Perseverance, Attitude

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) (1906). “The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus”

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• The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

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  Life, Philosophical, Dying

  Marcus Aurelius (2011). “Meditations: with selected correspondence”, p.47, OUP Oxford

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• Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason. For such a purpose frees a man from trouble, and warfare, and all artifice and ostentatious display.

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  Running, Men, Atheism

  Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.22, Lulu.com

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• 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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  Inspirational, Running, Horse

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) (1912). “The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antonius”

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