I saw this fantastic meme on Facebook:
I love it because what he says is brilliant and because he said it some 1900 years ago. But as with many of these graphics, there are a few problems.
The guy in the image is not Aurelius. It’s Caracalla. Wrong emperor.
Even worse is that the quote doesn’t belong to Aurelius at all. According to Wikiquote,
No printed sources exist for this prior to 2009, and this seems to have been an attribution which arose on the internet, as indicated by web searches and rationales provided at “Marcus Aurelius and source checking” at Three Shouts on a Hilltop (14 June 2011)
It’s so disappointing, but I’d rather know than spread incorrect information.
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