Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Fortune Quotes

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me...

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me...

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an...

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an...

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...

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and...

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and...

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.

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

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.

Be content to seem what you really are

Be content to seem what you really are

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will...

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will...

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...