“Waste no time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”

Marcus Aurelius (121 CE to 180 CE)

Marcus Aurelius, in full Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, original name (until 161 CE) Marcus Annius Verus, Roman emperor (161–180 CE), best known for his Meditations on Stoic philosophy.

Marcus Aurelius has symbolised for many generations in the West the Golden Age of the Roman Empire.