Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Life will follow the path it started upon, and will neither reverse nor check its course.”
- Source
- On the Shortness of Life
- Date
- c. 49
- English wording
- John W. Basore — Translator · from Latin
Meaning of “Life will follow the path it started upon,…”
Time continues without negotiating with status or preference, making acceptance of its direction a reason to use the available part more deliberately.
Where does it come from?
On the Shortness of Life, Chapter VIII; the sentence follows Seneca’s warning that lost years will not be returned.
