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You did good and someone got it. Why want a third thing?

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.73

The source

"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.

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 "You did good and someone got it. Why want a third thing?"?
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 AD). Source: Meditations 7.73.
What is the original wording?
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). Translated by George Long, 1862.

Filed under Character.

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