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Marcus Aurelius · 121–180 CE

Meditations 4.35 — Marcus Aurelius

Translation by George Long (1862)

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.35

Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered.
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Everything lasts only a day, including the person who remembers and the thing remembered, so do not put too much stock in legacy or fame.

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  • Change and impermanence
  • Reputation and others' opinions
  • Death and mortality
  • Time and the present
  • Fear of death

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