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		<title>Marcus Aurelius -- Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book  6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accept modestly; surrender gracefully. [Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.] (Source (Greek)). Other translations: Receive temporal blessings without ostentation, when they are sent and thou shalt be able to part with them with all readiness and facility when they are taken from thee again. [tr. Casaubon (1634), 8.31] As to the Case of good Fortune; [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Accept modestly; surrender gracefully.</p>
<p>[Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.]</p>
<br><b>Marcus Aurelius</b> (AD 121–180) Roman emperor (161–180), Stoic philosopher<br><i>Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν]</i>, Book  6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/meditations0000marc_g6h3/page/128/mode/2up?q=%22accept+modestly%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.33.1">Source (Greek)</a>). Other translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>Receive temporal blessings without ostentation, when they are sent and thou shalt be able to part with them with all readiness and facility when they are taken from thee again.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus_-_His_Meditations_concerning_himselfe#THE_EIGHTH_BOOK:~:text=Receive%20temporal%20blessings%20without%20ostentation%2C%20when%20they%20are%20sent%20and%20thou%20shalt%20be%20able%20to%20part%20with%20them%20with%20all%20readiness%20and%20facility%20when%20they%20are%20taken%20from%20thee%20again.">Casaubon</a> (1634), 8.31]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>As to the Case of good Fortune; Take it without Pride, and Resign without Reluctance.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Emperor_Marcus_Antoninus:_His_Conversation_with_Himself/Book_8#:~:text=As%20to%20the%20Case%20of%20good%20Fortune%C2%A0%3B%20Take%20it%20without%20Pride%2C%20and%20Resign%20without%20Reluctance.">Collier</a> (1701)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Receive the gifts of fortune, without pride; and part with them, without reluctance.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/457829267955022580052/page/100/mode/2up?q=%22receive+the+gifts%22">Hutcheson/Moor</a> (1742); <a href="https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55317/pg55317-images.html#:~:text=Receive%20the%20gifts%20of%20fortune%20without%20pride%3B%20and%20part%20with%20them%20without%20reluctance.">Hutcheson/Chrystal</a> (1902)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Receive any good fortune which falls to your lot, without being too much elated; and resign it, if necessary, without being dejected.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_meditations_of_Marcus_Aurelius_Anton/3uQIAAAAQAAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=%22receive%20any%20good%20fortune%22">Graves</a> (1792), 8.32]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Receive [wealth or prosperity] without arrogance; and be ready to let it go.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Thoughts_of_the_Emperor_Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus/Book_VIII#:~:text=Receive%20%5Bwealth%20or%20prosperity%5D%20without%20arrogance%3B%20and%20be%20ready%20to%20let%20it%20go.">Long</a> (1862)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>As to the case of good fortune, take it without pride, and resign it without reluctance.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Meditations_of_Marcus_Aurelius/5qcAEZZibB0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%2233%20as%20to%22">Collier/Zimmern</a> (1887)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Modestly take, cheerfully resign.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus_to_Himself/0X2BxfXnXKcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22modestly%20take%22">Rendall</a> (1898)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Accept without arrogance, surrender without reluctance.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius_(Haines_1916)/Book_8#:~:text=Accept%20without%20arrogance%2C%20surrender%20without%20reluctance.">Haines</a> (Loeb) (1916)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Accept without pride, relinquish without a struggle.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Meditations_of_the_Emperor_Marcus_Antoninus/Book_8#:~:text=Accept%20without%20pride%2C%20relinquish%20without%20a%20struggle.">Farquharson</a> (1944)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Accept without arrogance, relinquish without demur.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Meditations/VVsmU-4YwFsC?gbpv=1&bsq=%228.33%22">Hard</a> (1997 ed.)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>To accept it without arrogance, to let it go with indifference.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/meditation-GeorgeHays/page/n197/mode/2up?q=%2233+to+accept%22">Hays</a> (2003)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Accept humbly; let go easily.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/marcus-aurelius-emperor-of-rome-martin-hammond-diskin-clay-meditations/page/77/mode/2up?q=%22accept+humbly%22">Hammond</a> (2006)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Accept without arrogance, relinquish without a struggle.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/meditations0000marc_m5f0/page/74/mode/2up?q=%22accept+without%22">Hard</a> (2011 ed.)] </blockquote><br>						</span>
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