 Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. For it makes no difference whether a man lives there or here, if he lives everywhere in the world as in a state [political community].  Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - Page 176by Paul Barron Watson - 1884 - 338 pagesFull view - About this book
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...take back what thou wilt. And he says this not proudly, but obediently and well pleased with her. 15. Short is the little which remains to thee of life....if he lives everywhere in the world as in a state [political community]. Let men see, let them know a real man who lives according to nature. If they... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1865 - 332 pages
...shall I be with you 1 how long shall I suffer you ? Sometimes this strain rises even to passion :— " Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. If they cannot endure him,... | |
 | emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - 1869 - 230 pages
...take back what thou wilt. And he says this not proudly, but obediently and well pleased with her. 15. Short is the little which remains to thee of life....if he lives everywhere in the world as in a state [political community]. Let men see, let them know a real man who lives according to nature. If they... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - Conduct of life - 1875 - 416 pages
...serious, serene, glad, and strong." Hear this lofty strain of the old heathen emperor Marcus Aurelius : " Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. If they cannot endure him,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Criticism - 1875 - 468 pages
...shall I be with you ? how long shall 1 suffer you ? Sometimes this strain rises even to passion: — ' Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. If they cannot endure him,... | |
 | Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1876 - 120 pages
...take back what thou wilt." And he says this not proudly, but obediently, and well pleased with her. 8. Short is the little which remains to thee of life....mountain ; for it makes no difference whether a man lives * By the law, he means the divine law, — obedience to the will of God. there or here, if he lives... | |
 | Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1876 - 120 pages
...difference whether a man lives * By the law, he means the divine law, — obedience to the will of God. there or here, if he lives everywhere in the world as in a state [political community]. Let men see, let them know, a real man who lives according to nature. If they... | |
 | William Wolfe Capes - Stoics - 1880 - 276 pages
...tries to be one in spirit with his subjects, yet he feels the loneliness of intellectual isolation. "Short is the little which remains to thee of life....mountain. For it makes no difference whether a man lives here or there, if he lives everywhere in the world as in a state. Let men see, let them know a real... | |
 | Education - 1883 - 502 pages
...Marcus Aurelius, who, at eighteen, was one of the Emperors of Rome in the days of her widest dominion: "Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. Let men see; let them know a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. If they cannot endure him,... | |
 | Lucy Larcom - Meditations - 1887 - 252 pages
...over ? — that is the question, — or is he to be a MAV? HORACE BUSHHKLL. Short is the little that remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. For it makes no difference whether a man lives here or there, if he lives everywhere in the world as in a civil community. Let men see, let them know,... | |
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