Marcus Aurelius Quotes About Reputation

Quotes about: Reputation

• All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Ephemeral, Reputation, Dignity

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IV, (35), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

• Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands. The people who praise us; how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region it takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Bothering You, Endless Time, Hands

  Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.38, Modern Library

• A man should always have these two rules in readiness. First, to do only what the reason of your ruling and legislating faculties suggest for the service of man. Second, to change your opinion whenever anyone at hand sets you right and unsettles you in an opinion, but this change of opinion should come only because you are persuaded that something is just or to the public advantage, not because it appears pleasant or increases your reputation.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Men, Hands, Two

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