Meditations 7.6

How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.6, translated by George Long

How many much-lauded heroes have already been given as a prey unto forgetfulness, and how many that lauded them have long ago disappeared!

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.6, translated by C. R. Haines