Hi Kallan,

The thing about Marcus Aurelius is that he also had a lot of non-Stoic influences. It is true that I didn’t cross-check the exact quote above (I just picked it because it had a cool image associated to it 🙂 ), however it seemed in line with things I remember reading in his “Meditations”.

For example in Book 2:
“Remember that all is opinion. For what was said by the Cynic Monimus is manifest: and manifest too is the use of what was said, if a man receives what may be got out of it as far as it is true.”

Another translation of that passage that I found:

“There is obvious truth to the Cynic Monimus’ statement that ‘all is opinion’; and obvious, too, is the usefulness of this statement if a man profits from it insofar as it is true.”

Monimus was a Greek Cynic philosopher who also endorsed philosophical Skepticism.

So I assume the above quote is just a very creative translation of this quote.

However, thanks for pointing out that the quote itself is not the best quote that you can use to reflect the writings of Marcus Aurelius, as it is highly distorted, so I decided to remove it and instead replace it with an equestrian statue of Marcus.