From The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome. Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.IV, 43All that happens is as usual and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer.IV, 44That which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before.IV, 45Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man - yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it.IV, 48Deem not life a thing of cons
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