Amor fati. Marcus Aurelius 4.6
Don't waste time
wishing for a fig with no juice.
Ταῦτα οὕτως
ὑπὸ τῶν τοιούτων πέφυκε γίνεσθαι ἐξ
ἀνάγκης, ὁ δὲ τοῦτο μὴ θέλων θέλει
τὴν συκῆν ὀπὸν μὴ ἔχειν. ὅλως δὲ
ἐκείνου μέμνησο, ὅτι ἐντὸς ὀλιγίστου
χρόνου καὶ σὺ καὶ οὗτος τεθνήξεσθε,
μετὰ βραχὺ δὲ οὐδὲ ὄνομα ὑμῶν
ὑπολειφθήσεται.
Current events rise
and bloom naturally from the past, of necessity, and the fellow who
refuses to concede this is wishing for a ripe fig with no juice.
Remind yourself always of this fact: that within the briefest moment
of time you and he will have died, and shortly thereafter not even
your names shall remain.