17. Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years.
Death hangs over you While you live while it is in your power, be good.
Book: Meditations
Subtitle: The classic from Marcus Aurelius.
Author: Marcus Aurelius
Chapter: Book Four
Chapter Subtitle: That which rules within, when it is according to nature, is so affected with respect to the events which happen, that it always easily adapts itself to that which is and is presented to it.
Location: Chapter 4, Section 17
Content:
17. Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years.
Death hangs over you While you live while it is in your power, be good.