We love ourselves most, yet trust others' opinion of us more.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.4
We love ourselves most, yet trust others' opinion of us more.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 12.4
The source
"We love ourselves most, yet trust others' opinion of us more." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 12.4. Translated by George Long, 1862.
"every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others"George Long, 1862, Meditations 12.4.
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 "We love ourselves most, yet trust others' opinion of us more."?
- Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 12.4.
- What is the original wording?
- every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.
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