Meditations · Book IV
Meditations, IV, 11
Chapter 11 of Book IV 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
Do not have such an opinion of things as he has who does thee wrong, or such as he wishes thee to have, but look at them as they are in truth.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 11
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
Not every widget family holds a passage this long. The app never cuts one: where it does not fit, a shorter passage takes its place, with its reference. The circular widget carries the locator alone.
The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Do not have such an opinion of things as he has who does thee wrong, or such as he wishes thee to have, but look at them as they are in truth.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3112
In French
Si tu reçois une offense, ne la juge pas comme celui qui te l’a faite, ni comme il veut que tu la juges ; considère-la telle qu’elle est en réalité.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-04.txt, l. 48
Ne prends jamais les choses sous le point de vue où les voit celui qui t’insulte, ni au point de vue sous lequel il voudrait te les faire voir. Pour toi, ne les considère que dans leur réalité.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-04.txt, l. 45
How to cite
The canonical reference names the book and the chapter, so the passage can be found in any edition. The app composes it in three forms:
- Full form — full screen and large widgets
- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 11
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IV, 11
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IV·11
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