Life is long if you know how to use it.

Satis longa uita et in maximarum rerum consummationem large data est, si tota bene collocaretur.

Seneca the Younger

On the Shortness of Life

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Living well The good life Life

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

On the Shortness of Life

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

49 40s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Stoic Philosopher Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. De Brevitate Vitae [On The Shortness of Life]. c. 49 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca the Younger. "On the Shortness of Life." On the Shortness of Life: Life is Long If You Know How to Use It, translated by C. D. N. Costa. Penguin Books, 2005.

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Topic
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Speaker
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Author

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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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