Meditations · Book V
Meditations, V, 18
Chapter 18 of Book V 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
Nothing befalls anyone that nature has not fitted him to endure.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, V, 18
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
Nothing befalls anyone that nature has not fitted him to endure.
— MEDITATIONS V, 18
Nothing befalls anyone that nature has not fitted him to endure.
— MEDITATIONS V, 18
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either because he does not see that they have happened, or because he would show a great spirit, he is firm and remains unharmed. It is a shame then that ignorance and conceit should be stronger than wisdom.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3692
In French
Rien n’arrive à personne que la nature ne l’ait mis à même de supporter. Les mêmes accidents arrivent à tel autre qui, soit qu’il ne s’en rende pas compte, soit qu’il veuille faire montre de grandeur d’âme, tient ferme et demeure invulnérable. N’est-il pas étrange que l’ignorance et la vanité soient plus énergiques que la sagesse ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-05.txt, l. 71
Jamais on n’éprouve d’accident que la nature ne vous ait mis en état de le supporter. Les mêmes malheurs qui vous atteignent frappent un de vos semblables, qui, soit par ignorance de ce qui lui arrive, soit pour faire parade de sa force d’âme, conserve son équilibre et demeure impassible au mal. On peut donc s’étonner que l’ignorance ou la vanité aient plus d’effet et de puissance que la sagesse.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-05.txt, l. 90
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, V, 18
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS V, 18
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- V·18
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