What did Marcus Aurelius mean by: The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself. Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy Copy
Find time still to be learning somewhat good, and give up being desultory. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Discipline, Improvement, Learning, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Integrity, Nobility, Retribution, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away into non-existence. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Creation, Eternity, Existence, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
That which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Continuity, Influence, Predictability, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Creation, Existence, Persistence, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
This is enough. Do not add, And why were such things made in the world? Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Existence, Inquiry, Sufficiency, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
+ The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. Read explanation Author, July 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Happiness, Quality, Thoughts, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
It is not right to vex ourselves at things, for they care not about it. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Marcus Aurelius, Acceptance, Indifference, Serenity, 0 Marcus Aurelius Emperor · Italy
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Whoe’er thou art, thy Lord and master see, Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be. 1st Baron Lansdowne Politician · United Kingdom
