Marcus Aurelius Quotes About Oblivion
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All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.
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How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead.
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As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.
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Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten, when their noblest and most enduring works decay? Death comes even to monumental structures, and oblivion rests on the most illustrious names.
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Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.
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