Meditations · Book III
Meditations, III, 14
Chapter 14 of Book III 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
Come to thy own aid, if thou carest at all for thyself, while it is in thy power.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, III, 14
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
Come to thy own aid, if thou carest at all for thyself, while it is in thy power.
— MEDITATIONS III, 14
Come to thy own aid, if thou carest at all for thyself, while it is in thy power.
— MEDITATIONS III, 14
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
No longer wander at hazard; for neither wilt thou read thy own memoirs, nor the acts of the ancient Romans and Hellenes, and the selections from books which thou wast reserving for thy old age. Hasten then to the end which thou hast before thee, and, throwing away idle hopes, come to thy own aid, if thou carest at all for thyself, while it is in thy power.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 2949
In French
Ne te disperse plus ; tu n’auras le temps de lire ni tes propres mémoires, ni l’histoire de l’ancienne Rome et de la Grèce, ni les extraits d’auteurs que tu avais réservés pour ta vieillesse : hâte-toi donc vers le but, renonce aux vaines espérances ; aide-toi toi-même si tu as souci de toi, tandis que tu le peux encore.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-03.txt, l. 55
Cesse enfin de t’égarer ; tu n’as plus le temps de lire, ni tes mémoires personnels, ni les hauts faits des anciens Romains et des Grecs, ni ces extraits d’ouvrages choisis que tu avais réservés pour charmer ta vieillesse. Ne tarde donc plus à en finir ; et, si tu as quelque souci de toi-même, laisse là les espérances vaines, et ne pense plus qu’à ton propre salut, tandis que tu peux encore y songer.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-03.txt, l. 64
How to cite
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- Full form — full screen and large widgets
- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, III, 14
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS III, 14
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- III·14
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