All SENECA THE YOUNGER Quotes about “Age”

“Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.”
“Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.”
“The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.”
“As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.”
“There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.”
“An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them.”
“Life is long if it is full.”
“No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day.”
“Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.”
“How many discoveries are reserved for the ages to come when our memory shall be no more, for this world of ours contains matter for investigation for all generations.”

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