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“Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing.”

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Zdroj: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV, 4

“Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.”

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Varianta: That which is really beautiful has no need of anything. (trans. George Long)
Zdroj: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV, 20

“Respect the faculty that forms thy judgments.”

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III, 9
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book III

“All is ephemeral — fame and the famous as well.”

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Πᾶν ἐφήμερον, καὶ τὸ μνημονεῦον καὶ τὸ μνημονευόμενον.
IV, 35
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV

“All those [events in history] were such dramas as we see now, only with different actors.”

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X, 27
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X

“And virtue they will curse, speaking harsh words.”

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XI, 32
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book XI

“No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms.”

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Meditations. xi. 10.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole universe.”

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Meditations. ix. 19.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Love that only which happens to thee and is spun with the thread of thy destiny. For what is more suitable?”

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VII, 57
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII

“Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you.”

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VII, 21
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII

“All that is harmony for you, my Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time for you is too early or too late for me. Everything is fruit to me that your seasons bring, Nature. All things come of you, have their being in you, and return to you.”

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Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV, 23
Originál: Πᾶν μοι συναρμόζει ὃ σοὶ εὐάρμοστόν ἐστιν, ὦ κόσμε· οὐδέν μοι πρόωρον οὐδὲ ὄψιμον ὃ σοὶ εὔκαιρον. πᾶν μοι καρπὸς ὃ φέρουσιν αἱ σαὶ ὧραι, ὦ φύσις· ἐκ σοῦ πάντα, ἐν σοὶ πάντα, εἰς σὲ πάντα. ἐκεῖνος μέν φησιν·

“From Antisthenes: It is royal to do good and be abused.”

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VII, 36
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII

“Death hangs over thee: whilst yet thou livest, whilst thou mayest, be good.”

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IV, 14 (trans. Meric Casaubon)
τὸ χρεὼν ἐπήρτηται· ἕως ζῇς, ἕως ἔξεστιν, ἀγαθὸς γενοῦ.
IV, 17 (trans.George Long)
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV
Varianta: Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.

“It is not right to vex ourselves at things, For they care not about it.”

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VII, 38
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VII