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Marcus Aurelius

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

Marcus Aurelius

Time

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Marcus Aurelius is saying that time moves continuously and quickly, carrying events away as soon as they appear. Each moment or thing is temporary, replaced immediately by something new, and eventually forgotten as time flows on.

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