BY THEME
On Mortality
Memento mori — on time, on death, and on the brevity of the life we are given.
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All things from eternity are of like forms and come round in a circle.
Meditations 2.14
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Thou wilt die soon, and thou art not yet simple nor free from perturbations.
Meditations 4.37
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Consider how many do not even know thy name, and how many will soon forget it.
Meditations 9.30
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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current.
Meditations 4.43
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Meditations 4.17
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He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation.
Meditations 8.58
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It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
On the Shortness of Life 1
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You live as if you were destined to live forever; no thought of your frailty ever enters your head.
On the Shortness of Life 3
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On the Shortness of Life 7
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Life, if well lived, is long enough.
On the Shortness of Life 2