And the whole earth a mere point in space.- Stick to what’s in front of you—idea, action, utterance.
22a. This is what you deserve. You could be good today. But
instead you choose tomorrow.
- What I do? I attribute it to human beneficence.
What is done to me? I accept it—and attribute it to the
gods, and that source from which all things together flow.
- Like the baths—oil, sweat, dirt, grayish water, all of it
disgusting.
The whole of life, all of the visible world.- Verus, leaving Lucilla behind, then Lucilla. Maximus,
leaving Secunda. And Secunda. Diotimus, leaving
Epitynchanus. Then Epitynchanus. Faustina, leaving
Antoninus. Then Antoninus.
So with all of them.Hadrian, leaving Celer. And Celer.Where have they gone, the brilliant, the insightful ones, the
proud? Brilliant as Charax and Demetrius the Platonist and
Eudaemon and the rest of them. Short-lived creatures, long