One aim, held for life, makes one person.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.21
One aim, held for life, makes one person.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.21
The source
"One aim, held for life, makes one person." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 11.21. Translated by George Long, 1862.
"He who has not one and always the same object in life, cannot be one and the same all through his life"George Long, 1862, Meditations 11.21.
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 "One aim, held for life, makes one person."?
- Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 11.21.
- What is the original wording?
- He who has not one and always the same object in life, cannot be one and the same all through his life (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.
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