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		<title>Tolstoy, Leo -- Path of Life [Calendar of Wisdom; Круг чтения], ch. 21 &#8220;Living in the Present,&#8221; sec. 6.2 (1903-1911) [(tr. Cote (2002)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are able to see all the consequences of what you are doing, then what you are doing is not very important.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are able to see all the consequences of what you are doing, then what you are doing is not very important.</p>
<br><b>Leo Tolstoy</b> (1828-1910) Russian novelist and moral philosopher<br><i>Path of Life [Calendar of Wisdom; Круг чтения]</i>, ch. 21 &#8220;Living in the Present,&#8221; sec. 6.2 (1903-1911) [(tr. Cote (2002)] 
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		<title>Marcus Aurelius -- Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book  7, ch. 21 (7.21) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you. [Ἐγγὺς μὲν ἡ σὴ περὶ πάντων λήθη, ἐγγὺς δὲ ἡ πάντων περὶ σοῦ λήθη.] (Source (Greek)). Alternate translations: The time when thou shalt have forgotten all things, is at hand. And that time also is at hand, when thou thyself [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you.</p>
<p>[Ἐγγὺς μὲν ἡ σὴ περὶ πάντων λήθη, ἐγγὺς δὲ ἡ πάντων περὶ σοῦ λήθη.]</p>
<br><b>Marcus Aurelius</b> (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher<br><i>Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν]</i>, Book  7, ch. 21 (7.21) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/meditations0000marc_g6h3/page/108/mode/2up?q=%22soon+you+will+have+forgotten%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.21.1">Source (Greek)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>The time when thou shalt have forgotten all things, is at hand. And that time also is at hand, when thou thyself shalt be forgotten by all.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus_-_His_Meditations_concerning_himselfe#THE_SEVENTH_BOOK:~:text=The%20time%20when%20thou%20shalt%20have%20forgotten%20all%20things%2C%20is%20at%20hand.%20And%20that%20time%20also%20is%20at%20hand%2C%20when%20thou%20thyself%20shalt%20be%20forgotten%20by%20all.">Casaubon</a> (1634), 7.16]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>'Twill not be long before you will have forgotten all the World; and in a little time, to be even, all the World will forget you too.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Emperor_Marcus_Antoninus:_His_Conversation_with_Himself/Book_7#:~:text=%27Twill%20not%20be%20long%20before%20you%20will%20have%20forgotten%20all%20the%20World%3B%20and%20in%20a%20little%20time%2C%20to%20be%20even%2C%20all%20the%20World%20will%20forget%20you%20too.">Collier</a> (1701)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The time approaches when you shall forget all things, and be forgotten by all.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/457829267955022580052/page/n119/mode/2up?q=%22The+time+approaches%22">Hutcheson/Moor</a> (1742)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The time is speedily approaching, when you will have forgotten every one, and every one will have forgotten you.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_meditations_of_Marcus_Aurelius_Anton/3uQIAAAAQAAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=%22speedily%20approaching%20when%20you%22">Graves</a> (1792), 7.19]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Near is thy forgetfulness of all things; and near the forgetfulness of thee by all.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Thoughts_of_the_Emperor_Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus/Book_VII#:~:text=Near%20is%20thy%20forgetfulness%20of%20all%20things%3B%20and%20near%20the%20forgetfulness%20of%20thee%20by%20all.">Long</a> (1862)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>It will not be long before you will have forgotten all the world, and in a little time all the world will forget you too.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Meditations_of_Marcus_Aurelius/5qcAEZZibB0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22not%20be%20long%20before%20you%22">Collier/Zimmern</a> (1887)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Soon you will have forgotten all; soon all will have forgotten you.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus_to_Himself/0X2BxfXnXKcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22forgotten%20all%22">Rendall</a> (1898)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The time is at hand when you shall forget all things, and when all shall forget you.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55317/pg55317-images.html#:~:text=The%20time%20is%20at%20hand%20when%20you%20shall%20forget%20all%20things%2C%20and%20when%20all%20shall%20forget%20you.">Hutcheson/Chrystal</a> (1902)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>A little while and thou wilt have forgotten everything, a little while and everything will have forgotten thee.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius_(Haines_1916)/Book_7#:~:text=A%20little%20while%20and%20thou%20wilt%20have%20forgotten%20everything%2C%20a%20little%20while%20and%20everything%20will%20have%20forgotten%20thee.">Haines</a> (Loeb) (1916)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Near at hand is your forgetting all; near, too, all forgetting you.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Meditations_of_the_Emperor_Marcus_Antoninus/Book_7#:~:text=Near%20at%20hand%20is%20your%20forgetting%20all%3B%20near%2C%20too%2C%20all%20forgetting%20you.">Farquharson</a> (1944)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Close is the time when you will forget all things; and close, too, thie time when all will forget you.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Meditations/VVsmU-4YwFsC?gbpv=1&bsq=%227.21%22">Hard</a> (1997 ed.)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Close to forgetting it all, close to being forgotten.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/meditation-GeorgeHays/page/n175/mode/2up?q=%2221.+Close+to%22">Hays</a> (2003)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Soon you will have forgotten all things: soon all things will have forgotten you.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/marcus-aurelius-emperor-of-rome-martin-hammond-diskin-clay-meditations/page/61/mode/2up?q=%22forgotten+all+things%3A%22">Hammond</a> (2006)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Close is the time when you will forget all things; and close, too, the time when all will forget you.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/meditations0000marc_m5f0/page/60/mode/2up?q=%22close+is+the+time%22">Hard</a> (2011 ed.)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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		<title>Russell, Bertrand -- Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch.  5 &#8220;Fatigue&#8221; (1930)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matter which is causing the anxiety.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matter which is causing the anxiety.</p>
<br><b>Bertrand Russell</b> (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher<br><i>Conquest of Happiness</i>, Part 1, ch.  5 &#8220;Fatigue&#8221; (1930) 
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