It's royal to do good and be insulted for it.
Antisthenes, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.36
It's royal to do good and be insulted for it.
Antisthenes, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.36
The source
"It's royal to do good and be insulted for it." Antisthenes said it in Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.36. Translated by George Long, 1862.
"From Antisthenes: It is royal to do good and to be abused"George Long, 1862, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.36. Marcus quoting Antisthenes.
Who said it
Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Student of Socrates and forerunner of the Cynics.
Questions
- Who said "It's royal to do good and be insulted for it."?
- Antisthenes (c. 446–366 BC). Source: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.36.
- What is the original wording?
- From Antisthenes: It is royal to do good and to be abused (George Long, 1862). Translated by George Long, 1862.
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