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

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...

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...

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 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...

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

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

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

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough

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

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

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

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...

Poverty is the mother of crime.

Poverty is the mother of crime.

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.

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good...

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good...

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...

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.

What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native...

What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native...

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative....

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative....

If you lose your temper at a newspaper columnist, he'll get rich or famous or...

If you lose your temper at a newspaper columnist, he'll get rich or famous or...