Fear not change or endings

 The George Long translation of 1862:

 Neither are the termination and cessation and change of thy whole life a thing to be afraid of. Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 9.

Chrystal's 2017 rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742:

 Neither is there anything to dread in the cessation, ending, and change of your whole life. Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 9.


Image: Wonderful closeup of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "Apollo and Daphne" with Daphne transforming into a laurel tree. Now in the collections of the Gallery Borghese. Courtesy of the Art Renewal Center.  See a number of different views of Bernini's exquisite statue here: https://www.artrenewal.org/artworks/apollo-and-daphne/gian-lorenzo-bernini/1872


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