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“In hoc enim fallimur, quod mortem prospicimus: magna pars eius iam praeterit; quidquid aetatis retro est mors tenet.”

— Seneca the Younger

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Wikiquote: Seneca the Younger
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Context

For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind us are in death's hands.

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Younger, Seneca the. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Seneca the Younger. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger

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