Meditations · Book VIII
Meditations, VIII, 22
Chapter 22 of Book VIII 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
You suffer this justly: you would rather become good tomorrow than be good today.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VIII, 22
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
You suffer this justly: you would rather become good tomorrow than be good today.
— MEDITATIONS VIII, 22
You suffer this justly: you would rather become good tomorrow than be good today.
— MEDITATIONS VIII, 22
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
Attend to the matter which is before thee, whether it is an opinion or an act or a word.
Thou sufferest this justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 5095
In French
Fais attention à l’objet de ta représentation, à ton jugement, à ton action, au sens de tes paroles.
22 bis
C’est justement que tu te trouves dans cet état ; mais tu aimes mieux devenir un homme de bien demain que de l’être aujourd’hui.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-08.txt, l. 89
Applique bien ton attention à l’objet qui t’occupe, au jugement que tu en portes, à l’acte qui est la suite de ce jugement, et aux paroles qui te servent pour l’exprimer. Tu as bien raison d’apporter tant de soin à tout cela ; car c’est aujourd’hui que tu veux devenir homme de bien plutôt encore que demain.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-08.txt, l. 87
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, VIII, 22
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VIII, 22
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VIII·22
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