Meditations · Book XII
Meditations, XII, 22
Chapter 22 of Book XII 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
Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is in your power. Take away your opinion when you choose, and like a sailor who has rounded the headland you will find calm, all things steady, a waveless bay.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, XII, 22
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is in thy power. Take away then, when thou choosest, thy opinion, and like a mariner who has doubled the promontory, thou wilt find calm, everything stable, and a waveless bay.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 6994
In French
Tout est dans le jugement, et le jugement dépend de toi. Supprime donc, quand tu le voudras, ton jugement, et pareil au matelot qui a doublé un cap, tu trouveras le calme, l’immobilité et un port sans tempête.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-12.txt, l. 94
Sache bien que les choses ne sont que l’idée que tu t’en fais. Or cette idée dépend toujours de toi ; supprime-la donc, quand tu le veux ; et, ainsi qu’un vaisseau qui a doublé un promontoire, tu trouveras une mer calme, une pleine tranquillité, et un port où les vagues ne pénètrent plus.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-12.txt, l. 93
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- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, XII, 22
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS XII, 22
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- XII·22
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