Meditations 10.16
Waste no more time arguing what a good person should be. Be one.
Marcus Aurelius — Meditations 10.16
The text in Arabic
لا تُضع مزيدًا من الوقت في الجدال حول صفات الإنسان الصالح؛ بل كن صالحًا.
Attributed in the source as التأملات 10.16.
Source and attribution
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This passage is recorded as Meditations, reference 10.16, attributed to Marcus Aurelius. The English wording here is Nour editorial translation.
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Themes
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Translations
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| Language | Translation credit | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English | Nour editorial translation | unreviewed |
| Arabic | ترجمة تحريرية من نور | unreviewed |
| Turkish | Nour editoryal çevirisi | unreviewed |
| French | Traduction éditoriale Nour | unreviewed |
| Spanish | Traducción editorial de Nour | unreviewed |
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