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Read & copy the quotation
“Yet no one will bring back the years, no one will bestow you once more on yourself.”
- Source
- On the Shortness of Life
- Date
- c. 49
- English wording
- John W. Basore — Translator · from Latin
Meaning of “Yet no one will bring back the years,…”
Lost time cannot be restored in the way money or possessions sometimes can, so protecting one’s years becomes a form of protecting oneself.
Where does it come from?
On the Shortness of Life, Chapter VIII; Seneca warns that even people who know time is precious often give it away without noticing the loss.
