On the recordJanuary 1, 175
Some indeed have not been remembered even for a short time, and others have become the heroes of fables, and again others have disappeared even from fables.
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Marcus Aurelius
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gutenberg.orgMarcus Aurelius: “Some indeed have not been remembered even for a short time, and others have become the heroes of fables, and again…”
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He considers the different fates of human memory, from fleeting to legendary to utterly forgotten.
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