Meditations · Book IV
Meditations, IV, 43
Chapter 43 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
Time is like a river made of the events that happen, and a violent current: no sooner is a thing seen than it is swept away, and another takes its place, and that will be swept away too.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 43
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3339
In French
Le temps est un fleuve rapide dont les événements sont les flots ; à peine chacun d’eux apparaît-il qu’il est déjà emporté, puis un autre est emporté à son tour et le premier va revenir.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-04.txt, l. 178
Le temps est comme un fleuve qui entraîne toutes choses ; c’est comme un torrent irrésistible. À peine a-t-on pu y apercevoir une chose qu’elle disparaît entraînée dans le tourbillon ; le flot en apporte une nouvelle, qui à son tour sera bientôt emportée.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-04.txt, l. 175
How to cite
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- Full form — full screen and large widgets
- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 43
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IV, 43
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IV·43
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