Sculpture: Marcus Aurelius, fragment of a bronze portrait. Roman artwork, after 170 CE.
"Remember to retire into this little territory of your own, and above all do not distract or strain yourself, but be free, and look at things as a human being, as a citizen, as a mortal. But among the things readiest to hand to which you should turn, let there be these two: 1) Things do not touch the soul, for they are external and remain immovable. Our perturbations come only from the opinion which is within. 2) All these things around us, which you see, change immediately and will no longer be. Constantly bear in mind how many of these changes you have already witnessed. The universe is transformation. Life is opinion."
—Marcus Aurelias, "Meditations."
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