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By Marcus Aurelius
Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.
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- The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (translated by George Long), Book IV, section 17
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- Translated by George Long; Project Gutenberg text, eBook #15877
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From the Meditations (Marcus Aurelius's private notebook, written in Greek, probably in the 170s), Book IV, section 17, in George Long's English translation. Marcus Aurelius wrote in Greek, so this is the translator's wording.