Marcus Aurelius Quotes


Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.


Citations

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. Translated by Maxwell Staniforth, Penguin Books, 1964, p. 93.

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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.