Don't fear the end. Fear never really starting.

The source

"Don't fear the end. Fear never really starting." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 12.1. Translated by George Long, 1862.

"be afraid not because thou must some time cease to live, but if thou shalt fear never to have begun to live according to nature"

George Long, 1862, Meditations 12.1.

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 fear the end. Fear never really starting."?

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 12.1.

What is the original wording?

be afraid not because thou must some time cease to live, but if thou shalt fear never to have begun to live according to nature (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.