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Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
 
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More quotes about: nature, place, self, universe
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It is like the officer who engaged a comic actor dismissing him from the stage. "But I have not played my five acts, only three." "True, but in life three acts can be the whole play."

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
Source: Meditations
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...small too even the longest fame thereafter, which is itself subject to a succession of little men who quickly die, and have no knowledge of themselves, let alone of those long dead.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
Source: Meditations
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...the infallible man does not exist.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
Source: Meditations
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When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it. (6:11)

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
Source: Meditations (Penguin Great Ideas), Page: 6:11
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More quotes about: equanimity, harmony, emotions, serenity
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Look always at the whole

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
 
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Think nothing profitable to you which compels you to break a promse, to lose your self-respect, to hate any person, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything that needs walls and curtains about it.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
 
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"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
 
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
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More quotes about: happiness, life, thoughts
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The best revenge is not to become like the one who wronged you.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
Source: Meditations
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