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Not up to the job? Get help or hand it over.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.5

The source

"Not up to the job? Get help or hand it over." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 7.5. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"εἰ δὲ μὴ ἐξαρκεῖ, ἤτοι παραχωρῶ τοῦ ἔργου τῷ δυναμένῳ κρεῖττον ἐπιτελέσαι ... ἢ πράσσω ὡς δύναμαι, προσπαραλαβὼν τὸν δυνάμενον"

Original Greek, Meditations 7.5. Greek: Leopold 1908 (Teubner) via Perseus.

Who said it

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Roman emperor who wrote private notes to himself on a military campaign. We know them as the Meditations.

Questions

Who said "Not up to the job? Get help or hand it over."?
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 7.5.
What is the original Greek?
εἰ δὲ μὴ ἐξαρκεῖ, ἤτοι παραχωρῶ τοῦ ἔργου τῷ δυναμένῳ κρεῖττον ἐπιτελέσαι ... ἢ πράσσω ὡς δύναμαι, προσπαραλαβὼν τὸν δυνάμενον. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Grit.

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