There's something in you better than the strings that pull you.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.19
There's something in you better than the strings that pull you.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.19
The source
"There's something in you better than the strings that pull you." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 12.19. Translated by George Long, 1862.
"thou hast in thee something better and more divine than the things which cause the various affects, and as it were pull thee by the strings"George Long, 1862, Meditations 12.19.
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 "There's something in you better than the strings that pull you."?
- Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 12.19.
- What is the original wording?
- thou hast in thee something better and more divine than the things which cause the various affects, and as it were pull thee by the strings (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.
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