In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Writing Quotes

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...

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich -...

You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich -...

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with...

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with...

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make...

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make...

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...

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...

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that...

Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that...

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a...

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a...

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

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

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 art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

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's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a world.

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a world.

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.