Aurelius, Meditations §aur_04_xiii: Within ten days, if so happen, thou shalt be esteemed a god of them, who now ...

Within ten days, if so happen, thou shalt be esteemed a god of them, who now if thou shalt return to the dogmata and to the honouring of reason, will esteem of thee no better than of a mere brute, and of an ape.