As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes… — Marcus Aurelius
As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.
In the original Greek
ὁ δὲ βίος πόλεμος καὶ ξένου ἐπιδημία, ἡ δὲ ὑστεροφημία λήθη.
Meditations · 180
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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 2.
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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 2.
