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Claim yourself for yourself. Gather and save the time which till lately was being cut into, stolen from you, or had simply slipped away.
Seneca
Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter I, c. 65 AD
Translated by Richard Gummere · Stoic philosophy
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Seneca wrote his 124 Moral Letters in the final years of his life, knowing Emperor Nero might order his execution at any moment. Writing to his friend Lucilius, he opened his very first letter with this urgent call.

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