You did good and someone got it. Why want a third thing?
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.73
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.73
"You did good and someone got it. Why want a third thing?" Marcus Aurelius said it in Meditations 7.73. Translated by George Long, 1862.
"why dost thou look for a third thing besides these, as fools do, either to have the reputation of having done a good act or to obtain a return?"George Long, 1862, Meditations 7.73.
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Roman emperor who wrote private notes to himself on a military campaign. We know them as the Meditations.
You did good and someone got it. Why want a third thing?
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