Meditations: A New Translation
by Marcus Aurelius, translated by Gregory Hays
The Hays translation: modern, spare, the version most readers now quote. Marcus's private notes to himself on duty, death and perspective.
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Three things you will actually use
- You could leave life right now.
- The obstacle becomes the way.
- Do the next right thing.
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Hays's Marcus.
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