Marcus Aurelius Quotes


Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for man to do, assume that it must fall within your own capacity.


Citations

Aurelius, Marcus. The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus. Translated by A. S. L. Farquharson, Oxford University Press, 1944.

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Marcus Aurelius
  • Born: April 26, 0121
  • Died: March 17, 0180
  • Nationality: Roman
  • Profession: Soldier

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors (a term coined some 13 centuries later by Niccolò Machiavelli), and the last emperor of the Pax Romana (27 BC to 180 AD), an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161.