Meditations 6.28

Death is a cessation of the impressions through the senses, and of the pulling of the strings which move the appetites, and of the discursive movements of the thoughts, and of the service to the flesh.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.28, translated by George Long

Death is a release from the impressions of sense, and from impulses that make us their puppets, from the vagaries of the mind, and the hard service of the flesh.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.28, translated by C. R. Haines