"Sapiens vivit quantum debet, non quantum potest."
— Life

January 1, 1970

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The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can. — Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXX: On the proper time to slip the cable, line 4 as translated by Richard Mott Gummere.