Quote of Marcus Aurelius - The art of living is more...
Biography - Marcus Aurelius:
(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) Emperor of Rome and Stoic philosopher.
Born: 121 - Died: 180
Period:
2nd century
Place of birth: Italy
Born: 121 - Died: 180
Period:
2nd century
Place of birth: Italy
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Note
"The art of living resembles wrestling more than dancing, in as much as it stands prepared and unshaken to meet what comes and what it did not foresee."
BOOK VII, 61
Quote source: Meditations
Translation
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Quotes for: to live
To live without philosophizing is properly to have one's eyes closed and never attempt to open them.
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.
Quotes about art:
The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'
Quotes for: dance
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'
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