Maxioms by Marcus Aurelius
The present joys of life we doubly taste by looking back with pleasure on the past
The present joys of life we doubly taste by looking back with pleasure on the past
Glory paid to our ashes comes too late
Glory paid to our ashes comes too late
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by read more
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
