Meditations · Book VI
Meditations, VI, 6
Chapter 6 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
The finest way of avenging yourself is not to become like the one who wronged you.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VI, 6
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
The finest way of avenging yourself is not to become like the one who wronged you.
— MEDITATIONS VI, 6
The finest way of avenging yourself is not to become like the one who wronged you.
— MEDITATIONS VI, 6
As on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen: the passage, then its reference, glued to the bottom. The reference never leaves the composition, even in the smallest family.
The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3902
In French
La meilleure manière de le défendre est de ne pas leur ressembler.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-06.txt, l. 23
Le meilleur moyen de se défendre contre eux, c’est de ne pas leur ressembler.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-06.txt, l. 28
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, VI, 6
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VI, 6
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VI·6
Attributions checked against this chapter
This passage and the 165 other Marcus Aurelius passages are free in Stoïque, with their reference, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.