Vandaag

Time that will not stay ours

Seneca's force begins with an uncomfortable reversal: perhaps life is not short, but we spend it as if it were endless.

The greatest part of mortal life is lost in doing wrong, a great part in doing nothing, and the whole of life in doing something other than what we ought to do. No one will give you back your years; no one will restore you to yourself.

uit On the Shortness of Life · Seneca