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 small a part of the boundless and unfathomable time is assigned to every man, for it is very soon swallowed up in the eternal!
But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.
But if it is easy to set little value on all these things, turn to that which remains, which is to follow reason and God.
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