Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too.
Marcus Aurelius uses the metaphor of a river to describe the relentless and transient nature of time and events.
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How ridiculous and what a stranger he is who is surprised at anything which happens in life.
But if there is a providence which allows itself to be propitiated, make thyself worthy of the help of the divinity.
As thou intendest to live when them art gone out, ... so it is in thy power to live here.
Either there is a fatal necessity and invincible order, or a kind providence, or a confusion without a purpose and without a director (iv. 27).
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