John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9036 Marus Aurelius 121-180 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9036 |
| AUTHOR: | Marcus Aurelius (121–180) |
| QUOTATION: | Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man,—yesterday in embryo, to-morrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hair’s-breadth of time assigned to thee live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Meditations. iv. 48. |