# Ad se ipsum 7.70.1

Marcus Aurelius, Ad se ipsum, Book 7, Chapter 70. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/marcus-aurelius/ad-se-ipsum/7.70.1

Οἱ θεοί, ἀθάνατοι ὄντες, οὐ δυσχεραίνουσιν ὅτι ἐν τοσούτῳ αἰῶνι δεήσει αὐτοὺς πάντως ἀεὶ τοιούτων ὄντων καὶ τοσούτων φαύλων ἀνέχεσθαι· προσέτι δὲ καὶ κήδονται αὐτῶν παντοίως. σὺ δέ, ὅσον οὐδέπω λήγειν μέλλων, ἀπαυδᾷς, καὶ ταῦτα εἶς ὢν τῶν φαύλων;

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Marcus Aurelius, Ad se ipsum, ed. Jan Hendrik Leopold. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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