See that thou secure this present time to thyself: for those who rather pursue posthumous fame do consider that the men of after time will be exactly such as these whom they cannot bear now. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Book 8.
In other words, live in the moment, for those who pursue posthumous fame should remember that men in the future will be as unbearable as those they cannot bear now.
Image: Romulus' Victory Over Acron is a painting completed in 1812 by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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