“Lay hold of today’s task, and you will not need to depend so much upon tomorrow’s. While we are postponing, life speeds by.”

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

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

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