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Aurelius, Meditations 4.38: Even as if any of the gods should tell thee, Thou shalt certainly die to-morr...
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Even as if any of the gods should tell thee, Thou shalt certainly die to-morrow, or next day, thou wouldst not, except thou wert extremely base and pusillanimous, take it for a great benefit, rather to die the next day after, than to-morrow; (for alas, what is the difference!) so, for the same reason, think it no great matter to die rather many years after, than the very next day.
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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (c. AD 170) · aur_04_xxxviii
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