Meditations, Book 10, Section 22

Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor

The earth, says the poet, often longs for rain. The glorious sky often wants to fall upon the earth. This shows a mutual love between them. And so, I say, the world has a certain love for whatever will happen. My feelings will match yours, O world. What you long for will be what I long for too. The world does love—this is true. We see this in our common saying when we talk about things that happen regularly. We say they "love to be."

Marcus Aurelius — The Emperor Original

The earth, saith the poet, doth often long after the rain. So is the glorious sky often as desirous to fall upon the earth, which argues a mutual kind of love between them. And so (say I) doth the world bear a certain affection of love to whatsoever shall come to pass With thine affections shall mine concur, O world. The same (and no other) shall the object of my longing be which is of thine. Now that the world doth love it is true indeed so is it as commonly said, and acknowledged ledged, when, according to the Greek phrase, imitated by the Latins, of things that used to be, we say commonly, that they love to be.