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The quotations of

Marcus Aurelius

16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher

121–180

24 quotes, most often on Life & Death, Thinking and Virtue.

Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Meditations. iv. 17.
- Life & Death
- Virtue
Not as though thou hadst thousands of years to live. Death hangs over thee: whilst yet thou livest, whilst thou mayest, be good.
Meditations (c. 170–180), The Fourth BookIn context
- Life & Death
- Virtue
Whatsoever any man either doth or saith, thou must be good; not for any man’s sake, but for thine own nature’s sake; as if either gold, or the emerald, or purple, should ever be saying to themselves, Whatsoever any man either doth or saith, I must still be an emerald, and I must keep my colour.
Meditations (c. 170–180), The Seventh BookIn context
- Character
- Virtue

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