...pervades all substance and through all time by fixed periods [revolutions] administers the universe. . 33. Soon, very soon, thou wilt be ashes, or a skeleton,...valued in life are empty and rotten and trifling, and [likej little dogs biting one another, and little children quarrelling, laughing, and then straightway...

...with their proper constitution, and to hold firmly to this and to be content with it." Again : — " The things which are much valued in life are empty, and rotten, and trifling ; and people are like little dogs biting one another, and little children quarrelling, crying, and then straightway...

...pervades all substance and through all time by fixed periods [revolutions] administers the universe. 33. Soon, very soon, thou wilt be ashes, or a skeleton,...; but name is sound and echo. And the things which arc much valued in life are empty and rotten and trifling, and [like] little dogs biting one another,...

...him nearer than any other pagan writer to us of the modern world. Here is the sad summary of it : " Soon, very soon, thou wilt be ashes or a skeleton, and either a name or not even a name. And the things which are much valued in life are empty, and rotten, and trifling, and like little dogs...

...with their proper constitution, and to hold firmly to this and to be content with it.' Again : — ' The things which are much valued in life are empty, and rotten, and trifling; and people are like little dogs, biting one another, and little children quarrelling, crying, and then...

...very soon, thou wilt be ashes^ or a skeleton, a name, or not even a name, for name is sound and echo. The things which are much valued in life are empty, and rotten, and trifling^ and little dogs biting one another, and little children quarrelling, laughing, and then straightway weeping...

...sound and echo. And the things which are much valued in life are empty, and rotten, and trifling, and little dogs biting one another, and little children...quarrelling, laughing, and then straightway weeping. But fidelity, and modesty, and justice, and truth are fled " ' Up to Olympus from the wide-spread earth.'...

...in his work " Seekers After God." The Emperor Marcus Aurelius, born AD 121, comes next. Hear him : " Soon, very soon, thou wilt be ashes or a skeleton,...valued in life are empty and rotten and trifling, and little dogs biting one another, and little children quarreling and then straightway weeping. But fidelity...

...himself. And this is every man's understanding and reason (book v. § 27). Transitoriness of Life. Soon, very soon, thou wilt be ashes, or a skeleton,...quarrelling, laughing, and then straightway weeping. The Stoic's View of the Universe. Look round at the courses of the stars, as if thou wert going along...

...happens.' Or as he writes elsewhere, in a still sadder vein, but with the same moral as before : ' Soon, very soon, thou wilt be ashes, or a skeleton, and either a name v. 33. or not even that ; . . . the things which are much prized in life are empty and rotten, and...