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Meditations 8.33

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Meditations 8.33

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Receive [wealth or prosperity] without arrogance; and be ready to let it go.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.33, translated by George Long

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Accept without arrogance, surrender without reluctance.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.33, translated by C. R. Haines

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