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Marcus Aurelius

Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late the good lived yesterday.

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Marcus Aurelius is emphasizing that the future holds no certainty, and waiting until today to act may already be too late. The only true value lies in the good deeds already done in the past, as they are the only ones that have lasting impact.

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