The Death of Marcus Aurelius

The Death of Marcus Aurelius

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Stoic Snippets 180


Say nothing more to yourself than what the first appearances report. 

Suppose that it has been reported to you that a certain person speaks ill of you. This has been reported; but that you have been injured, that has not been reported. 

I see that my child is sick. I do see; but that he is in danger, I do not see. 

Thus then always abide by the first appearances, and add nothing yourself from within, and then nothing happens to you. 

Or rather add something like a man who knows everything that happens in the world. 

—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.49 

IMAGE: Eugene de Blaas, The Friendly Gossips (1901) 



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