John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9071 Marus Aurelius 121-180 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9071 |
| AUTHOR: | Marcus Aurelius (121–180) |
| QUOTATION: | The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Meditations. ix. 16. |