Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Glory 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.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you...

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you...

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine...

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine...

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

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

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

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and...

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and...

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

We need not think alike to love alike.

We need not think alike to love alike.

Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal...

Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal...

Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of...

Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of...

What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks

What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks