Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and… — Marcus Aurelius
Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest.
In the original Greek
Ὅμοιον εἶναι τῇ ἄκρᾳ, ᾗ διηνεκῶς τὰ κύματα προσρήσσεται: ἡ δὲ ἕστηκε καὶ περὶ αὐτὴν κοιμίζεται τὰ φλεγμήναντα τοῦ ὕδατος.
Meditations · 180
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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 4.
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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 4.