Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“You have been engrossed, life hastens by; meanwhile death will be at hand, for which, willy nilly, you must find leisure.”
- Source
- On the Shortness of Life
- Date
- c. 49
- English wording
- John W. Basore — Translator · from Latin
Meaning of “You have been engrossed, life hastens by; meanwhile…”
Busyness cannot postpone mortality, so a schedule filled with other people’s demands still has to confront the same finite end as a deliberately chosen life.
Where does it come from?
On the Shortness of Life, Chapter VIII; Seneca contrasts unnoticed busyness with death, the event for which everyone eventually has to make room.
