Meditations · Book IV
Meditations, IV, 31
Chapter 31 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
Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 31
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3256
In French
Cet art de vivre que tu as appris, aime-le ; et sur lui repose-toi ; passe le reste de ta vie comme si tu avais fait aux Dieux un abandon absolu de toi-même, sans vouloir te faire ni le tyran ni l’esclave d’aucun homme.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-04.txt, l. 130
Plais-toi au pauvre métier que tu as appris, et sache t’en contenter et t’y tenir ; et, pour tout le reste dans la vie, supporte-le comme un homme qui, du fond de l’âme, a remis aux Dieux le soin de tout ce qui le regarde, et ne veut se faire le maître ni l’esclave de qui que ce soit.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-04.txt, l. 127
How to cite
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- Full form — full screen and large widgets
- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 31
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IV, 31
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IV·31
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