Notes about stoicism

November 8, 2013 permalink

Marcus Aurelius on Assholes

When you are outraged by somebody’s impudence, ask yourself at once, ‘Can the world exist without impudent people?’ It cannot; so do not ask for impossibilities. That man is simply one of the impudent whose existence is necessary to the world.

From Marcus Aurelius’ always timely Meditations (Book 9, chapter XLIII).

I choose to modernize that sentiment by swapping out ‘impudent people’ with ‘assholes’ and it seems to work pretty well…

Pagination