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The source

"Look up at dawn. There's no veil over a star." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 11.27. Translated by George Long, 1862.

"The Pythagoreans bid us in the morning look to the heavens ... For there is no veil over a star"

George Long, 1862, Meditations 11.27.

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 "Look up at dawn. There's no veil over a star."?
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 11.27.
What is the original wording?
The Pythagoreans bid us in the morning look to the heavens ... For there is no veil over a star (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.
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