Marcus Aurelius (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180 AD), was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers. During his reign, the Empire defeated a revitalized Parthian Empire; Aurelius' general Avidius Cassius sacked the capital Ctesip...
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Date of birth:
- Apr 26, 121 C.E.
Date of death:
- Mar 17, 180 C.E. (age 58 years)
Quotations:
- Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already. ,
- Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours. ,
- I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than the opinions of others. ,
- 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. ,
- If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. ,
- 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. ,
- The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing; the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack. ,
- Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. ,
- Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time. ,
- If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Also known as:
- Marc Aurèle,
- Marcus Annius Verus,
- Marcus Catilius Severus,
- Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus,
- Marcus Ælius Aurelius Verus
