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A MEDITATION

“ He who lives through many years yet lies useless is a corpse of advanced age.

— Musonius Rufus

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On mortality

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A reflection

Longevity without contribution is just delayed burial. The question isn't how many years you accumulate but whether the years accumulate anything useful. An old man still at work is more alive than a young man already coasting.

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