You don't have ten thousand years. Be good while you can.

The source

"You don't have ten thousand years. Be good while you can." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 4.17. Translated by George Long, 1862.

"Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years ... While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good"

George Long, 1862, Meditations 4.17.

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 "You don't have ten thousand years. Be good while you can."?

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 4.17.

What is the original wording?

Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years ... While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.