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Tell over next all those you have known, one after the other: think how one buried his fellow, then lay dead himself, to be buried by a third.
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The present moment is the same for all men, and their loss, therefore, is equal, for it is clear that what they lose in death is but a fleeting instant of time.
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To the man who is penetrated with true principles, the shortest, the most common hint is a sufficient memorial to keep him free of sorrow and fear.