Meditations, 6.49

Marcus Aurelius  translated by George Long

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49Art thou dissatisfied because thou weighest only so many litrae and not three hundred? Be not dissatisfied then that thou must live only so many years and not more; for as thou art satisfied with the amount of substance which has been assigned to thee, so be content with the time.

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