How many, once lauded in song, are given over to the forgotten; and how many who sung their praises are clean gone long ago! (Marcus Aurelius)

How many, once lauded in song, are given over to the forgotten; and how many who sung their praises are clean gone long ago!

Marcus Aurelius

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