Tao Te Ching
Hadrian
76 – 180 CE
Pillar of the golden age of Rome, Hadrian hated war and loved philosophy, literature, and the arts. He prevented corruption, favored the poor over the rich, and governed this empire better than any time before or since. Gibbon called this period of time “the only period in history in which the happiness of a great people was the sole object of government.” He carefully listened to complaints and suggestions later securing the reigns of his successors, Titus and Marcus Aurelius - administrations called by Will Durant “among the most beneficent in history.” He rebuilt the Pantheon in a new style copied by St. Peter’s Basilica and the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.Lineages
Epicureanism Politicians Roman / Italian
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Eastern Han 漢朝 (25 – 220 CE)Unlisted Sources
Memoirs of Hadrian
Quotes by Hadrian (8 quotes)
“The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser degree schools.”
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“Our great mistake is to try to exact from each person virtues which he does not possess, and to neglect the cultivation of those which he has.”
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“Laws change more slowly than custom, and though dangerous when they fall behind the times are more dangerous still when they presume to anticipate custom.”
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“The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to cherish. Any lasting grief is reproof to their neglect.”
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“Human beings betray their worst failings when they marvel to find that a world ruler is neither foolishly indolent, presumptuous, nor cruel.”
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“There is more than one kind of wisdom, and all are essential in the world; it is not bad that they should alternate.”
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“I knew that good like bad becomes a routine, that the temporary tends to endure, that what is external permeates to the inside, and that the mask, given time, comes to be the face itself.”
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“Roving amiable little soul,
Body’s companion and guest
Colorless, unbending, and bare
Your usual distractions no more shall be there…
Ah! gentle, fleeting, wavering sprite, Friend and associate of this clay!”
from Memoirs of Hadrian
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Quotes about Hadrian (1 quotes)
“Hadrian reorganized the government and kept watch over every branch. Favoring the poor against the rich, the weak against the strong, under his care the Empire was better governed than ever before or afterward.”
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