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		<title>Marcus Aurelius -- Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 18 (11.18) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tell yourself, when you feel exasperated and out of all patience, that this mortal life endures but a moment; it will not be long before we shall one and all have been laid to rest. [ὅταν λίαν ἀγανακτῇς ἢ καὶ δυσπαθῇς, ἀκαριαῖος ὁ ἀνθρώπειος βίος καὶ μετ᾿ ὀλίγον πάντες ἐξετάθημεν.] Marcus&#8217; 6th point to remember [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tell yourself, when you feel exasperated and out of all patience, that this mortal life endures but a moment; it will not be long before we shall one and all have been laid to rest.</p>
<p>[ὅταν λίαν ἀγανακτῇς ἢ καὶ δυσπαθῇς, ἀκαριαῖος ὁ ἀνθρώπειος βίος καὶ μετ᾿ ὀλίγον πάντες ἐξετάθημεν.]</p>
<br><b>Marcus Aurelius</b> (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher<br><i>Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν]</i>, Book 11, ch. 18 (11.18) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/meditations0000marc_g6h3/page/172/mode/2up?q=%22tell+yourself+when%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Marcus' 6th point to remember when aggravated by another's actions.<br><br>

(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0641%3Abook%3D11%3Achapter%3D18%3Asection%3D3#:~:text=%E1%BD%85%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%20%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%80%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%84%E1%BF%87%CF%82%20%E1%BC%A2%20%CE%BA%CE%B1%E1%BD%B6%20%CE%B4%CF%85%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B8%E1%BF%87%CF%82%2C%20%E1%BC%80%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1%E1%BF%96%CE%BF%CF%82%20%E1%BD%81%20%E1%BC%80%CE%BD%CE%B8%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82%20%CE%B2%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%82%20%CE%BA%CE%B1%E1%BD%B6%20%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%84%CC%93%20%E1%BD%80%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B3%CE%BF%CE%BD%20%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%82%20%E1%BC%90%CE%BE%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD.">Source (Greek)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>That whensoever thou doest take on grievously, or makest great woe, little doest thou remember then that a man's life is but for a moment of time, and that within a while we shall all be in our graves.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus_-_His_Meditations_concerning_himselfe#THE_ELEVENTH_BOOK:~:text=whensoever%20thou%20doest%20take%20on%20grievously%2C%20or%20makest%20great%20woe%2C%20little%20doest%20thou%20remember%20then%20that%20a%20man%27s%20life%20is%20but%20for%20a%20moment%20of%20time%2C%20and%20that%20within%20a%20while%20we%20shall%20all%20be%20in%20our%20graves.">Casaubon</a> (1634)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When you are most Angry and Gall'd, remember that Humane Life lasts but a Moment, and that we shall all of us very quickly , be laid in our Graves.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Emperor_Marcus_Antoninus:_His_Conversation_with_Himself/Book_11#:~:text=When%20you%20are%20most%20Angry%20and%20Gall%27d%2C%20remember%20that%20Humane%20Life%20lasts%20but%20a%20Moment%2C%20and%20that%20we%20shall%20all%20of%20us%20very%20quickly%20%2C%20be%20laid%20in%20our%20Graves.">Collier</a> (1701)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When your anger and resentment is highest, remember human life is but for a moment. We shall be all presently stretched out dead corpses.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/457829267955022580052/page/n173/mode/2up?q=%22anger+and+resentment%22">Hutcheson/Moor</a> (1742)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When you are excessively provoked and suffer some real injury, reflect that human life is but of a moment's duration, and that in a short time we shall all be laid in our tombes together.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_meditations_of_Marcus_Aurelius_Anton/3uQIAAAAQAAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=sixthly">Graves</a> (1792)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Consider when thou art much vexed or grieved, that man's life is only a moment, and after a short time we are all laid out dead.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Thoughts_of_the_Emperor_Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus/Book_XI#:~:text=consider%20when%20thou%20art%20much%20vexed%20or%20grieved%2C%20that%20man%27s%20life%20is%20only%20a%20moment%2C%20and%20after%20a%20short%20time%20we%20are%20all%20laid%20out%20dead">Long</a> (1862)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When you are most angry and vexed remember that human life lasts but a moment, and that we shall all of us very quickly be laid in our graves.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Meditations_of_Marcus_Aurelius/5qcAEZZibB0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22most%20angry%20and%20vexed%22">Collier/Zimmern</a> (1887)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When sorely provoked and out of patience, remember that man's life is but for a moment; a little while, and we all lie stretched in death.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus_to_Himself/0X2BxfXnXKcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22sixth%20when%22">Rendall</a> (1898)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When you are vexed or worried overmuch, remember that man’s life is but for a moment, and that in a little we shall all be laid to rest.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55317/pg55317-images.html#:~:text=When%20you%20are%20vexed%20or%20worried%20overmuch%2C%20remember%20that%20man%E2%80%99s%20life%20is%20but%20for%20a%20moment%2C%20and%20that%20in%20a%20little%20we%20shall%20all%20be%20laid%20to%20rest.">Hutcheson/Chrystal</a> (1902)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When thou art above measure angry or even out of patience, bethink thee that man's life is momentary, and in a little while we shall all have been laid out.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius_(Haines_1916)/Book_11#:~:text=When%20thou%20art%20above%20measure%20angry%20or%20even%20out%20of%20patience%2C%20bethink%20thee%20that%20man%27s%20life%20is%20momentary%2C%20and%20in%20a%20little%20while%20we%20shall%20all%20have%20been%20laid%20out.">Haines</a> (Loeb) (1916)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When you are highly indignant or actually suffering, that man's life is but a moment, and in a little we are one and all laid low in death.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Meditations_of_the_Emperor_Marcus_Antoninus/Book_11#:~:text=when%20you%20are%20highly%20indignant%20or%20actually%20suffering%2C%20that%20man%27s%20life%20is%20but%20a%20moment%2C%20and%20in%20a%20little%20we%20are%20one%20and%20all%20laid%20low%20in%20death.">Farquharson</a> (1944)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When you are annoyed beyond measure and losing all patience, remember that human life lasts but a moment, and that in a short while we shall all have been laid to rest.<br>
[tr. Hard (<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Meditations/VVsmU-4YwFsC?gbpv=1&bsq=%22sixthly%20when%22">1997</a> ed. and <a href="https://archive.org/details/meditations0000marc_m5f0/page/108/mode/2up?q=%22sixthly+when%22">2011</a> ed.)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When you lose your temper, or even feel irritated: that human life is very short. Before long all of us will be laid out side by side.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/meditation-GeorgeHays/page/n255/mode/2up?q=%22even+feel+irritated%22">Hays</a> (2003)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When you are high in indignation and perhaps losing patience, remember that human life is a mere fragment of time and shortly we are all in our grave.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/marcus-aurelius-emperor-of-rome-martin-hammond-diskin-clay-meditations/page/109/mode/2up?q=%22high+in+indignation%22">Hammond</a> (2006)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Whenever you are excessively disturbed or even suffering, remember that human life lasts only a moment and that in a short time we will all be laid out for burial.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/essentialmarcusa0000marc/page/86/mode/2up?q=sixth">Needleman/Piazza</a> (2008)]  </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Whenever you are really angry and upset, [remember] that human life is short and soon we will all be in the ground.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2020/11/07/patience-the-greatest-virtue/#:~:text=Marcus%20Aurelius%2C%20Meditations%2011.%206">@sentantiq</a> (2020)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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