Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.
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Marcus AureliusMeditations, Book IV, tr. George Long
About Marcus Aurelius
Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher who wrote the Meditations. (121-180)
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