Arrian

Arrian (c. 90-173+)

"Ah well! You soon will be dead, and then you will own just as much of this earth as will suffice to bury you."

• A quote attributed to an unnamed Indian sage in The Campaigns of Alexander (Book 7) by Arrian, translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt and revised by J. Hamilton. New York; Penguin Classics, 1971.

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