Return to your principles. In ten days, they'll call you a god.

The source

"Return to your principles. In ten days, they'll call you a god." Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 4.16. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"Ἐντὸς δέκα ἡμερῶν θεὸς αὐτοῖς τούτοις δόξεις οἷς νῦν θηρίον καὶ πίθηκος, ἐὰν ἀνακάμψῃς ἐπὶ τὰ δόγματα"

Original Greek, Meditations 4.16. 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 "Return to your principles. In ten days, they'll call you a god."?

Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 4.16.

What is the original Greek?

Ἐντὸς δέκα ἡμερῶν θεὸς αὐτοῖς τούτοις δόξεις οἷς νῦν θηρίον καὶ πίθηκος, ἐὰν ἀνακάμψῃς ἐπὶ τὰ δόγματα. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.