WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2676/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Marcus Aurelius</b></a></p><blockquote>The first rule is, to keep an untroubled spirit; for all things must bow to Nature’s law, and soon enough you must vanish into nothingness, like Hadrian and Augustus. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are, remembering that it is your duty to be a good man. Do without flinching what man’s nature demands; say what seems to you most just — though with courtesy, modesty, and sincerity.<br> <br>[Τὸ πρῶτον μὴ ταράσσου: πάντα γὰρ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ὅλου φύσιν καὶ ὀλίγου χρόνου οὐδεὶς οὐδαμοῦ ἔσῃ, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ Ἁδριανὸς οὐδὲ Αὔγουστος. ἔπειτα ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸ πρᾶγμα ἴδε αὐτὸ καὶ συμμνημονεύσας ὅτι ἀγαθόν σε ἄνθρωπον εἶναι δεῖ καὶ τί τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἡ φύσις ἀπαιτεῖ, πρᾶξον τοῦτο ἀμεταστρεπτὶ καὶ εἰπέ, ὡς δικαιότατον φαίνεταί σοι: μόνον εὐμενῶς καὶ αἰδημόνως καὶ ἀνυποκρίτως.]</blockquote><p><b>Marcus Aurelius</b> (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher<br><i>Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν],</i> Book 8, ch. 5 (8.5) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]</p> <p>More info about (and translations of) this quote: <a href="https://wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2676/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2676…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=marcusaurelius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marcusaurelius</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=marcusaureliusmeditations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marcusaureliusmeditations</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=acceptance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acceptance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=calm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calm</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=duty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duty</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=equanimity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equanimity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fatalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fatalism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=inevitability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inevitability</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=integrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>integrity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=modesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modesty</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=sincerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sincerity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=tranquility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tranquility</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=understanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>understanding</span></a></p>