Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that was not the part which outraged you! Fool, what have you done? Your wife has lost nothing by the operation

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Husbands Quotes, Love Quotes, Wives Quotes

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...

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

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...

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

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...

Each day provides its own gifts

Each day provides its own gifts

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant...

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.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

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

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

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

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

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word...

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...

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

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 -...

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...

Order is Heaven's first law

Order is Heaven's first law

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle...

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle...