Quotes by Marcus Aurelius | The Meditations – VI, 30
Marcus Aurelius (26 April 121 – 17 March 180) or was a famous Roman Emperor for being a Stoic philosopher and being last of the “Five Good Emperors” of Rome. He advocated stoicism in his writing, “The Meditations” or much known as Quotations by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus. His “Meditations” was originally written in Greek. It served as reminders of ideas to bear in his mind.
He was born with the name Marcus Annius Catilius Severus. The took the name Marcus Annius Verus (name of his father) when he was married. His full name as Roman Emperor was Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus. Marcus Aurelius died in the 17th of March 181 at Sirmium or Vindobona and buried at Hadrian’s Mausoleum. He may have died but his legacy and creative ideas remains alive.
Here are some quotations by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus. This a part of “The Meditations” (VI, 30).
“Take heed not to be transformed into a Caesar, not to be dipped in the purple dye, for it does happen. Keep yourself therefore, simple, good, pure, grave, unaffected, the friend of justice, religious, kind, affectionate, strong for your proper work. Wrestle to be the man philosophy wished to make you. Reverence the gods, save men. Life is brief; there is but one harvest of earthly existence, a holy disposition and neighborly acts.”
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