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Meditations · Marcus Aurelius

XXVII. Within a while the earth shall cover us all, and then she

herself shall have her change. And then the course will be,

from one period of eternity unto another, and so a perpetual eternity.

Now can any man that shall consider with himself in his mind

the several rollings or successions of so many changes and alterations,

and the swiftness of all these rulings; can he otherwise

but contemn in his heart and despise all worldly things?

The cause of the universe is as it were a strong torrent,

it carrieth all away.