Card II-2: SENECA – They are tight-fisted in guarding their fortunes, yet when it comes to wasting time they are utterly lavish – with the one thing in which it is honourable to be a miser.

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They are tight-fisted in guarding their fortunes, yet when it comes to wasting time they are utterly lavish – with the one thing in which it is honourable to be a miser.

SENECA · DE BREVITATE VITAE 3.1

Original (Latin)

Adstricti sunt in continendo patrimonio, simul ad iacturam temporis ventum est, profusissimi in eo cuius unius honesta avaritia est.

Translation: Benedikt Stafflinger

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Source

On the Shortness of Life 3.1

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About the author

Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist (c. 4 BC – 65 AD). His letters on ethics, time, and the good life remain among the most widely read Stoic writings.

About the source

On the Shortness of Life: Seneca’s essay arguing that life is not short, but that we make it so.

The question on the back

How much of your time leaked away this week?