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Biography - Marcus Aurelius:

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

It is possible to entertain no thought about this, and not to be troubled in spirit; for things of themselves are not so constituted as to create our judgements upon them.


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French
Il m'est possible de ne porter aucun jugement sur cette chose, et de n'en pas troubler mon âme. Les choses ne sont pas d'une nature telle qu'elles nous imposent nos jugements.

German
Du brauchst über dies oder das keine Meinung zu haben und kannst so deiner Seele alle Unruhe ersparen; denn die Dinge selbst sind nicht derart, dass sie uns Urteile abnötigen.




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Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.

It is very obvious that we are not influenced by “facts” but by our interpretation of the facts.

If you suffer pain because of some external cause, what troubles you is not the thing but your decision about it.

The solution to the problem, which you see in life, lies in living in a way that makes the problems disappear.




Quotes for: thing


Quotes

Quotes about thing:


He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things.





There are certain things that we hide in order to reveal them.





Conformity of the intellect to the things.





It is valid to conclude from actuality to possibility, but not from possibility to actuality.
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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.





Things do not change we change.











Quotes for: judgement


Quotes

Quotes for: judgement


Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. And in this it is not likely that all are mistaken: the conviction is rather to be held as testifying that the power of judging aright and of distinguishing truth from error, which is properly what is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men; and that the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely from this, that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects. For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.





True artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.





Haste in judgement is to look for guilt.





A judgment can be refuted, but never a prejudice.





It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.





Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.











Quotes

Marcus Aurelius also said...


Universal Nature has made reasonable creatures for the sake of one another.





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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