Marcus Aurelius Welcome to our collection of popular quotes by
24 Quotes and sayings
Marcus Aurelius was born in Rome in 121 AD.
* He was the last of the Five Good Emperors of Rome.
* He was a Stoic philosopher and wrote the Meditations, a collection of his personal thoughts and reflections.
* He ruled the Roman Empire from 161 to 180 AD.
* He fought in the Marcomannic Wars against Germanic tribes.
* He died in 180 AD of a plague.
* He is considered one of the greatest Roman emperors.
* His Meditations is one of the most influential works of philosophy ever written.
* He is still admired today for his wisdom and compassion.
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
Page 2 from 2
