Meditations · Book X
Meditations, X, 22
Chapter 22 of Book X of the Meditations. First the passage as Stoïque shows it, after Long, 1862; then the whole chapter, word for word, in that edition, and the same chapter in French.
The passage in the app
Either you go on living here and are already used to it, or you are leaving, and that was your own will; or you are dying, and your duty is discharged. Beyond these there is nothing. Take heart, then.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, X, 22
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Either thou livest here and hast already accustomed thyself to it, or thou art going away, and this was thy own will; or thou art dying and hast discharged thy duty. But besides these things there is nothing. Be of good cheer, then.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 6146
In French
Ou tu vis là où tu es, et tu t’y es habitué ; ou tu te transportes ailleurs, et tu l’as voulu ; ou tu meurs, et ta tâche est remplie. En dehors de cela il n’y a rien. Aie donc bon courage.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-10.txt, l. 87
Ou bien tu continues à vivre où tu es, et c’est pour toi chose d’habitude ; ou bien tu t’en vas, et c’est parce que tu l’as voulu ; ou enfin tu meurs, et alors tu as fini ton service. Hors de ces trois hypothèses, il n’y en a pas d’autre. Ainsi, aie bon courage.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-10.txt, l. 104
How to cite
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- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, X, 22
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- — MEDITATIONS X, 22
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- X·22
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