“The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live. And often this living nobly means that you cannot live long.”

—  Seneca the Younger , book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter CI: On the Futility of Planning Ahead

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

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