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On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long If You Know How to Use It by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
5.0
Timeless advice by the well known stoic.
"So it is — the life we receive is not short, but we make it so, nor do we have any lack of it, but are wasteful of it."
"All the greatest blessings are a source of anxiety, and at no time is fortune less wisely trusted than when it is best; to maintain prosperity there is need of other prosperity, and in behalf of the prayers that have turned out well we must make still other prayers."
"And so when you see a man often wearing the robe of office, when you see one whose name is famous in the Forum, do not envy him; those things are bought at the price of life."
"So it is — the life we receive is not short, but we make it so, nor do we have any lack of it, but are wasteful of it."
"All the greatest blessings are a source of anxiety, and at no time is fortune less wisely trusted than when it is best; to maintain prosperity there is need of other prosperity, and in behalf of the prayers that have turned out well we must make still other prayers."
"And so when you see a man often wearing the robe of office, when you see one whose name is famous in the Forum, do not envy him; those things are bought at the price of life."