Marcus Aurelius: Soon you'll be ashes or bones. A mere name at most—and even that is just a sound, an echo. The things we want in life ar

Soon you'll be ashes or bones. A mere name at most—and even that is just a sound — Marcus Aurelius

Soon you'll be ashes or bones. A mere name at most—and even that is just a sound, an echo. The things we want in life are empty, stale, trivial.

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