The duration of a man's life is but a point; the substance of it ever flowing, the sense obscure, the course of the body headlong, the soul fickle, fortune uncertain, and fame doubtful.
Stoic philosophy, Roman Emperor
Meditations, Book 2, Section 17
c. 161-180 AD
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