People exist for each other. Teach them or put up with them.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.59
People exist for each other. Teach them or put up with them.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.59
The source
"People exist for each other. Teach them or put up with them." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 8.59. Translated by George Long, 1862.
"Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them"George Long, 1862, Meditations 8.59.
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 "People exist for each other. Teach them or put up with them."?
- Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 8.59.
- What is the original wording?
- Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.
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