It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
- Topic: Fear
- Location: Lake Tahoe
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
More Quotes from Marcus Aurelius
There is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
Accept things to which fate binds you, love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
To change your mind and to follow him who sets you straight is to be nonetheless the free agent that you were before.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
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More on Fear
Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.
I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.
