“For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind us are in death's hands.”

— Seneca the Younger

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter I: On Saving Time

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In hoc enim fallimur, quod mortem prospicimus: magna pars eius iam praeterit; quidquid aetatis retro est mors tenet.

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Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BC

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