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We have sailed past life, Lucilius, as if we were on a voyage, and just as when at sea, to quote from our poet Vergil, even so, on this journey where time flies with the greatest speed, we put below the horizon first our boyhood and then our youth, and then the space which lies between young manhood and middle age and borders on both, and next, the best years of old age itself.
Last of all, we begin to sight the general bourne of the race of man.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the proper time to slip the cable
Location: Chapter 70, Section 2
Content:
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We have sailed past life, Lucilius, as if we were on a voyage, and just as when at sea, to quote from our poet Vergil, even so, on this journey where time flies with the greatest speed, we put below the horizon first our boyhood and then our youth, and then the space which lies between young manhood and middle age and borders on both, and next, the best years of old age itself.
Last of all, we begin to sight the general bourne of the race of man.