Marcus Aurelius Stoic quotes for inspiration and wisdom you need to stay calm and peaceful whatever happens in your life. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was a Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors
According to Cassius Dio, a Roman historian, and senator, the last spoken words of Marcus Aurelius as he lay dying were “Go to the rising sun; I am already setting.”.

But his final words in his book "Meditations" was,

“Mortal man, you have lived as a citizen in this great city. What matter if that life is five or fifty years? The laws of the city apply equally to all. So what is there to fear in your dismissal from the city? This is no tyrant or corrupt judge who dismisses you, but the very same nature that brought you in. It is like the officer who engaged a comic actor dismissing him from the stage. ‘But I have not played my five acts, only three.” ‘True, but in life, three acts can be the whole play.’ Completion is determined by that being who caused first your composition and now your dissolution. You have no part in either causation. Go then in peace: the God who lets you go is at peace with you.”

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