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Seneca@seneca Β· c. 65 AD
Omnia aliena sunt, tempus tantum nostrum est. Everything is alien to us β our bodies, our property, our offices, our reputation β time alone is truly ours. Yet we treat our time as though it were infinite, pouring it into others' demands, wasting it on amusements, letting it drain away in anxiety about the future. Dum differtur vita transcurrit: while we delay, life speeds past.
β Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Letter I (c. 65 AD)
Ancient Rome