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Reflect often upon the rapidity with which all existing things, or things coming into existence, sweep past us and are carried away.

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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