Seneca

John W. Basore

A two-thousand year old classic that continues to find new fans in the digital age, On the Shortness of Life is a Stoic Philosophy masterpiece and, perhaps, the first and greatest of self-help books. Packed with pithy timeless wisdom, SenecaÕs famous collection of letters to his father-in-law Paulinus is a short but powerful work, one of Western literatureÕs finest and most enduring answers to the eternal question, How should I best live my life?

On the Shortness of Life

sina (she/her) 

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Life will follow the path it began to take, and will neither reverse nor check its course. It will cause no commotion to remind you of its swiftness, but glide on quietly. It will not lengthen itself for a king's command or a people's favour.

Life will be driven on through a succession of preoccupations: we shall always long for leisure, but never enjoy it. 

So we should buy enough books for use, and none just for embellishment.

Solitude will cure our distaste for a crowd, and a crowd will cure our boredom with solitude.

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