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"In hoc enim fallimur, quod mortem prospicimus: magna pars eius iam praeterit; quidquid aetatis retro est mors tenet."

January 1, 1970

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For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind us are in death's hands. — Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter I: On Saving Time, as translated by Richard Mott Gummere.

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For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind us are in death's hands. — Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter I: On Saving Time, as translated by Richard Mott Gummere.