Don't be the one who's shocked that life happens.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.13
Don't be the one who's shocked that life happens.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.13
The source
"Don't be the one who's shocked that life happens." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 12.13. Translated by George Long, 1862.
"How ridiculous and what a stranger he is who is surprised at anything which happens in life"George Long, 1862, Meditations 12.13.
Who said it
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Roman emperor who wrote private notes to himself on a military campaign. We know them as the Meditations.
Questions
- Who said "Don't be the one who's shocked that life happens."?
- Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 12.13.
- What is the original wording?
- How ridiculous and what a stranger he is who is surprised at anything which happens in life (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.
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