Creative Quotations from Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180)

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
(121-180) born on Apr 20

Roman ruler, philosopher, author. He was Roman emperor, 161-180 and advocated stoicism in his "Meditations".

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Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

Whatever is in any way beautiful has its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it.

Dress not thy thoughts in too fine a raiment. And be not a man of superfluous words or superfluous deeds.

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Meditations," bk. 10, sct. 37.
R:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
A:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
N:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
K:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.