It is not that we are given a short life but we make it sho… - Seneca

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It is not that we are given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it.

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – A.D. 65), often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and humorist. He was the son of Seneca the Elder.

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Native Name: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Alternative Names: Seneca the Younger • the Younger Seneca • Lucio Anneo Seneca • Annaeus Seneca • Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor • Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior • L. Annæus Seneca • Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger

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It is not that we are given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it. - Seneca

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