Marcus Aurelius Quotes on Nature
Marcus Aurelius was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and the last of the so-called Five Good Emperors. This page collects quotes attributed to Marcus Aurelius on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”
The universe is flux, life is opinion. -
Attributed to Marcus Aurelius:
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
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Attributed to Marcus Aurelius:
“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.”
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“Of Fronto, to how much envy and fraud and hypocrisy the state of a tyrannous king is subject unto, and how they who are commonly called [Eupatridas Gk.], i.e. nobly born, are in some sort incapable, or void of natural affection.”
I, 8