| Though thou be destined to live three thousand years and as many myriads besides, yet remember that no man loseth other life than that which he liveth, nor liveth other than that which he loseth. |
| —Meditations. ii. 14. |
| Marcus Aurelius |
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Title:Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Author:Marcus Aurelius
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
This Roman Stoic hands down the day-to-day principles on which an all-powerful Emperor ruled for the welfare of the people. From theHarvard Classics, Vol. II, Part 3. Bartlett’s Marcus Aurelius Quotations
Epitomal selections by John Bartlett.