Most of what bugs you lives in your head. Clear it and make room.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.32
Most of what bugs you lives in your head. Clear it and make room.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.32
The source
"Most of what bugs you lives in your head. Clear it and make room." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 9.32. Translated by George Long, 1862.
"Thou canst remove out of the way many useless things among those which disturb thee, for they lie entirely in thy opinion; and thou wilt then gain for thyself ample space"George Long, 1862, Meditations 9.32.
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 "Most of what bugs you lives in your head. Clear it and make room."?
- Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 9.32.
- What is the original wording?
- Thou canst remove out of the way many useless things among those which disturb thee, for they lie entirely in thy opinion; and thou wilt then gain for thyself ample space (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.
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