All these things, which thou seest, change immediately and will no longer be. Constantly bear in mind how many of these changes thou hast already witnessed. The universe is transformation and life is opinion. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Book 4.
Image: Detail from the Battle against the Veii and Fidenae (Etruscans) by Giuseppe Cesari, between 1598-1601, at the Capitoline Museum in Rome courtesy of the Google Art Project and Wikimedia Commons. On my first visit to the Capitoline Museum I was totally awestruck by this mural! The morning sun was filtering in from the windows and, despite its violent content, the mural seemed to take on a soft glow.
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