Stoic Snippets 163

And those sharp-witted men, either seers or men inflated with pride, where are they? . . . 

All ephemeral, dead long ago. 

Some indeed have not been remembered even for a short time, and others have become the heroes of fables, and again others have disappeared even from fables. 

Remember this then, that this little compound, yourself, must either be dissolved, or your poor breath must be extinguished, or be removed and placed elsewhere. 

—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.25