On the Shortness of Life
5 passages
Seneca’s essay to Paulinus on how life is spent rather than how long it lasts.
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”
— Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.”
— Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
“Life is long if you know how to use it.”
— Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
“While we wait for life, life passes.”
— Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
“Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.”
— Seneca, On the Shortness of Life