Meditations 6.59

What kind of people are those whom men wish to please, and for what objects, and by what kind of acts? How soon will time cover all things, and how many it has covered already.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.59, translated by George Long

The persons men wish to please, the objects they wish to gain, the means they employ—think of the character of all these! How soon will Time hide all things! How many a thing has it already hidden!

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.59, translated by C. R. Haines