Meditations 9.17

For the stone which has been thrown up it is no evil to come down, nor indeed any good to have been carried up.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.17, translated by George Long

The stone that is thrown into the air is none the worse for falling down, or the better for being carried upwards.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.17, translated by C. R. Haines