Meditations
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The private notebook of a Roman emperor, read as he wrote it — slowly, out of order, and without commentary. Twelve books, every passage a direct link.
From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper.
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Contents →«From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper.»
«Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busy-body, the ungrateful.»
«We ought to consider not only that our life is daily wasting away.»
«Men seek retreats for themselves — but nowhere more quiet than in one's own soul.»
«In the morning, when thou risest unwillingly, have this thought at hand.»
«The universe is transformation; life is opinion.»
«Do not be ashamed to be helped; thy business is to do thy duty.»
«Everything which happens is as familiar as the rose in spring.»
«He who does wrong does wrong against himself.»
«Wilt thou, my soul, never be good and simple and naked?»
«The properties of the rational soul: it sees itself, analyses itself.»
«Pass through this little space of time conformably to nature.»