Meditations · Book VI
Meditations, VI, 57
Chapter 57 of Book VI 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
To the jaundiced, honey tastes bitter; to those bitten by mad dogs, water is frightening; to small children, a ball is a splendid thing. Why then be angry? Do you think a false opinion has less force than bile in the jaundiced, or venom in the man a mad dog has bitten?
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VI, 57
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
To the jaundiced honey tastes bitter, and to those bitten by mad dogs water causes fear; and to little children the ball is a fine thing. Why then am I angry? Dost thou think that a false opinion has less power than the bile in the jaundiced or the poison in him who is bitten by a mad dog?
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4315
In French
Le miel paraît amer aux gens qui ont la jaunisse ; ceux qui ont la rage ont horreur de l’eau ; les petits enfants trouvent belle leur balle. Pourquoi donc me fâcher ? Crois-tu que l’erreur ait moins de force que la bile pour l’homme qui a la jaunisse, et le virus pour celui qui est enragé ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-06.txt, l. 227
Quand on a la jaunisse, le miel paraît amer ; l’homme qu’a mordu un chien enragé a horreur de l’eau ; les enfants trouvent que leur balle est la plus belle du monde. Pourquoi donc est-ce que je m’emporte ? Crois-tu qu’une idée fausse agisse moins vivement sur les esprits que la bile sur le malade atteint de la jaunisse, ou que le virus, sur le malade atteint de la rage ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-06.txt, l. 275
How to cite
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- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VI, 57
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VI, 57
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VI·57
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