 One man after burying another has been laid out dead, and another buries him: and all this in a short time. To conclude, always observe how ephemeral and worthless human things are, and what was yesterday a little mucus to-morrow will be a mummy or ashes.  Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - Էջ 76Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1900 - 180 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | James Parton - 1871 - 730 էջ
...gathered here and there in his writings : — "Observe how ephemeral and worthless human beings arc, and what was yesterday a little mucus, to-morrow will...an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature that produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew " "Be like the promontory against which the... | |
 | James Parton - 1871 - 730 էջ
...gathered here and there in his writings : — " Observe how ephemeral and worthless human beings arc, and what was yesterday a little mucus, to-morrow will be a mummy or ashes. Puss, then, through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content,... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - 1872 - 524 էջ
...a summary which suggests the best consolations of the Stoic philosophy : " Pass, then, through the little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as the olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature which produced it, and thanking the tree on which... | |
 | James Parton - 1874 - 726 էջ
...sentences, gathered here and there in his writings : — " Observe how ephemeral and worthless human beings are, and what was yesterday a little mucus, to-morrow...an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature that produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew " " Be like the promontory against which the... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1877 - 370 էջ
...annoyances by the thought of posthumous fame. " How ephemeral and worthless human things are," he says, "^nd what was yesterday a little mucus, to-morrow will be a mummy or ashes." " Many who are now praising thee, will very soon blame thee, and neither a posthumous name is of any... | |
 | Gibson Craig - 1879 - 320 էջ
...another as he weeps over him. To conclude, always observe how ephemeral and worthless human things are. What was yesterday a little mucus, to-morrow will be a mummy or ashes. Pass then through this space of time in a natural, honest way, and finish off thy journey in content, just as the fruit drops... | |
 | 1882 - 82 էջ
...a cheerful mind, for it is according to nature, and nothing is evil which is according to nature. " Pass, then, through this little space' of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey iu content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking... | |
 | James Parton - 1883 - 860 էջ
...sentences, gathered here and there in his writings : — " Observe how ephemeral and worthless human beings are, and what was yesterday a little mucus, to-morrow...an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature that produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew " " Be like the promontory against which the... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1884 - 698 էջ
...room for the fresh souls which come to dwell there. . . Pass then through this little space of tune conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content,...an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature which produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew." — [Marcui Aurelius: "Meditations" : m.:... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1884 - 704 էջ
...intelligence of the universe, and in this way make room for the fresh souls which come to dwell there. . . Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey m content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature which produced it, and thanking... | |
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