No one's miserable for not reading other minds. Plenty are for not reading their own.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 2.8
No one's miserable for not reading other minds. Plenty are for not reading their own.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 2.8
The source
"No one's miserable for not reading other minds. Plenty are for not reading their own." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 2.8. Translated by George Long, 1862.
"Through not observing what is in the mind of another a man has seldom been seen to be unhappy; but those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy"George Long, 1862, Meditations 2.8.
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 "No one's miserable for not reading other minds. Plenty are for not reading their own."?
- Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 2.8.
- What is the original wording?
- Through not observing what is in the mind of another a man has seldom been seen to be unhappy; but those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.
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