41. You are a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.
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 41
Content:
41. You are a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.