Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

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.

Seneca the Younger

• Life
• Time
• Love
• Age
• Pleasure
• Embrace

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• 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.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Life
  • Time
  • Love