Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Events Quotes, Time Quotes

Be content to seem what you really are.

Be content to seem what you really are.

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...

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in...

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in...

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

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

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

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...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

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.

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...

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning...

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning...

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...

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...

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew...

There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew...

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...

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

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...

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy...

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy...

Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it...

Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it...

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...

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life