Meditations 11.35.1

Marcus Aurelius to himself

Ὄμφαξ, σταφυλή, σταφίς, πάντα μεταβολαί, οὐκ εἰς τὸ μὴ ὄν, ἀλλὰ εἰς τὸ νῦν μὴ ὄν.

Unripe grape, ripe grape, raisin: all are changes, not into what does not exist, but into what does not exist now.

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