Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Poverty Quotes

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge,...

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge,...

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered

Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the...

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the...

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all...

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all...

Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice.

To be able to enjoy one's past life is to live twice.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than...

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than...

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day,...

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day,...

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble...

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble...