No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be one.
― Marcus AureliusMeditations (Book X, Section 16)Modernized wording
AI put this 1862 translation into today's English. Only the wording changed: each rewrite was checked against the original to keep its exact meaning.
“No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such.”
Translated by George Long, 1862
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― Marcus AureliusMeditations (Book VI, Section 6)Original translation
Modernized wording
AI put this 1862 translation into today's English. Only the wording changed: each rewrite was checked against the original to keep its exact meaning.
“The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong doer.”
Translated by George Long, 1862