Meditations · Book VII
Meditations, VII, 73
Chapter 73 of Book VII of the Meditations. First the passage as Stoïque shows it, after Long, 1862; then the whole chapter, word for word, in that edition, and the same chapter in French.
The passage in the app
When thou hast done a good act and another has received it, why dost thou still 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?
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VII, 73
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
When thou hast done a good act and another has received it, why dost thou still 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?
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4833
In French
Quand tu as fait le bien et qu’un autre en a profité, pourquoi rechercher, en outre, comme un insensé, une troisième satisfaction, celle de paraître avoir fait le bien, ou d’être payé de retour ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-07.txt, l. 302
Quand tu as rendu service à quelqu’un et qu’on a profité de ce service, pourquoi cherches-tu encore une troisième chose, comme font les sots, qui est de faire paraître le service que tu as rendu, et de montrer que tu comptes sur la réciprocité ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-07.txt, l. 325
How to cite
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- Full form — full screen and large widgets
- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VII, 73
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VII, 73
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VII·73
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