Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed. (Marcus Aurelius)

Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed.

Marcus Aurelius

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