Quote by Marcus Aurelius
The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid. – Marcus Aurelius

Other quotes by Marcus Aurelius

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. – Marcus Aurelius

Category:
Truth
Read Quote

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. – Marcus Aurelius

Category:
Habits
Read Quote

Very little is needed to make a happy life it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. – Marcus Aurelius

Category:
Life
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Wisdom
category

The beginning of our destruction started the day we began destroying ancient wisdom. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

Category:
Wisdom

As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values. – Edward Levi

Category:
Wisdom

Wisdom is not what you know but how quickly you adjust when the opposite proves true. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Wisdom

Ive always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it. – Peter Jennings

Category:
Wisdom

Random Quotes

The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death. – Joseph Conrad

Category:
Weather

The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans – five times the population of Britain – are in the middle class. – David Miliband

Category:
alone

An empire is an immense egotism. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Empire

I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I dont think that many designers get to do that. – Stella McCartney

Category:
Technology