Seneca

Seneca On The Shortness Of Life

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    Leisure seemed such a desirable thing that, because he couldn't enjoy it in reality, he enjoyed the thought of it in advance
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    for even without any external disturbance or shock, fortune crashes down on itself under its own weight.
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    How late it is to begin living just when life must come to an end!
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    And what guarantee, may I ask, do you have that your life will last longer?
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    You're like ordinary mortals in fearing everything, you're like immortals in coveting everything
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    you don't keep an eye on how much time has passed already
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    You'll come to realize that you're dying before your time.
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    you'll see that you've fewer years than you count
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    in guarding their private property, but as soon as it comes to wasting time, they are most extravagant with the one commodity for which it's respectable to be greedy.
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    you never thought fit to look on yourself or to listen to yourself. And so you've no reason to expect a return from anyone for those attentions of yours, since you offered them not because you wanted another's company but because you were incapable of communing with yourself.
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