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Meditations · Marcus Aurelius

VI. Such and such things, from such and such causes, must of

necessity proceed. He that would not have such things to happen,

is as he that would have the fig-tree grow without any sap or moisture.

In sum, remember this, that within a very little while,

both thou and he shall both be dead, and after a little while more,

not so much as your names and memories shall be remaining.