If each of us could have the number of our future years set before us, as we can with the years that have passed, how alarmed we would be, and how sparing of them, if we saw only a few remaining! And while it is easy to manage something when the amount you have is known, even if it is small, you must guard what you have more carefully if you don’t know when it may give out. Seneca, On the Shortness of Life 8.3 These views lead to particular alarm at the prospect of one’s time being lightly seized by another. I am often amazed when I see some nagging others for their time, and those who are
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