"Imagine that you have already died, that you have lived only until the present moment, and the time that is left of your life, live it according to nature. Look at the past: how many changes the states have undergone! You can also predict the future. Because he is the same and does not go out of the rhythm of what is happening in the present moment. Therefore, it does not matter whether you observe human life for forty years or for ten thousand years. What's new for you to see?
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Marcus AureliusAll Translations
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Imagine that you have already died, that you have lived only until the present moment, and the time that is left of your life, live it according to nature. Look at the past: how many changes the states have undergone! You can also predict the future. Because he is the same and does not go out of the rhythm of what is happening in the present moment. Therefore, it does not matter whether you observe human life for forty years or for ten thousand years. What's new for you to see?
""Imaginează-ți că ai murit deja, că ai trăit doar până în clipa de față, iar vremea care ți-a mai rămas din viață, trăiește-o în conformitate cu natura. Privește la cele trecute: câte schimbări au suferit statele! Poți prevedea și viitorul. Fiindcă el este la fel și nu iese din ritmul celor care se petrec și în clipa de față. De aceea, nu are importanță dacă observi viața omenească vreme de patruzeci de ani sau de zece mii de ani. Ce ai de văzut nou?"