Plain
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

Think about the kind of people they try to please, and what they hope to gain, and what they do to get it. Time will soon cover and bury all of this. Look how much it has already buried.

Meditations, Book 6, Section 54 Book 6 · 64 of 64
What Matters Most Death & Mortality
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

What manner of men they be whom they seek to please, and what to get, and by what actions: how soon time will cover and bury all things, and how many it hath already buried!

Meditations, Book 6, Section 54 Book 6 · 64 of 64
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

No one can stop you from living as your nature requires. Nothing can happen to you except what the common good of nature requires.

Meditations, Book 6, Section 53 Book 6 · 63 of 64
Freedom & Control Facing Hardship
Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

No man can hinder thee to live as thy nature doth require. Nothing can happen unto thee, but what the common good of nature doth require.

Meditations, Book 6, Section 53 Book 6 · 63 of 64
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