“It’s not that we have a short time to…
“It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it” -Seneca was one of the most famous Roman philosophers of all time and is widely known for his contributions to Stoic thought.
— from Time
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The second mistake is simply squandering it and then making it worse by mourning it. Seneca cut to the bone: it is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste so much of it. And here is the cruel trap waiting on the far side of waste — regret for wasted time is itself more wasted time. — Time
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