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Art Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
- When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
- No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms. - Variant: There is no nature which is inferior to…
- To them that ask: Where hast thou seen the Gods, or how knowest thou certainly that there be Gods, that thou art so devout in…
- But if anything in thy own dispositiongives thee pain, who hinders thee from correcting thy opinion? And even if thou art pained because thou art…
- Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole universe.
- Anything that is beautiful is beautiful just as it is. Praise forms no part of its beauty, since praise makes things neither better nor worse.…
- As thou thyself art a component part of a social system, so let every act of thine be a component part of social life. Whatever…
- Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this…
- The universal nature has no external space; but the wondrous part of her art is that though she has circumscribed herself, everything which is within…
- When thou art offended at any man's fault, forthwith turn to thyself and reflect in what manner thou doest error thyself... For by attending to…
- All things are changing; and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction and the whole universe to.
- Either all things proceed from one intelligent source and come together as in one body, and the part ought not to find fault with what…
- Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once…
- What matter and opportunity [for thy activity] art thou avoiding? For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason, when it has…
- Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul?
- The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is…
- Think of the universal substance, of which thou has a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and indivisible interval has…
- No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms
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