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Quote of Marcus Aurelius - I have now what Universal Nature...


Biography - Marcus Aurelius:

(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) Emperor of Rome and Stoic philosopher.
Born: 121 - Died: 180
Period:
2nd century
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

I have now what Universal Nature wills me to have, and I do what my own nature wills me to do.


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Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Quant à moi, j'ai à cette heure ce que la commune nature veut que j'aie à cette heure ; et je fais ce que ma nature veut que je fasse maintenant.

German
Ich aber habe jetzt, was ich nach dem Willen der Allnatur jetzt haben soll und tue, was ich nach dem Willen meiner eigenen Natur jetzt tun soll.




See also 

See also...



You can't live at all, unless you can live fully now.




Quotes for: nature


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Quotes about nature:


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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.





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Quotes for: now


Quotes

Quotes about now:


Seize the day.





Mastery of the moment is mastery over life.





No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.





Now or never.
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Finding the right words at the right moment is action.





Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow:
Gather today the roses of life.












Quotes

Marcus Aurelius also said...


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Delve within; within is the fountain of good, and it is always ready to bubble up, if you always delve.





Often he who omits an act does injustice, not only he who commits an act.





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.





'No soul is willing to be robbed of truth', he says. The same holds of justice, too, of temperance, of kindness, and the like. It is most necessary to remember this continually, for thus you will be more gentle to all men.





Do not trouble yourself, make yourself simple.












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