pstrongemSo it is we are not given a short life but we are wasteful of it... Life is long if you know how to use it.emstrongppemBut life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.emppemWe must indulge the mind and from time to time allow it the leisure which is its food and strength.emppemOften a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.emppstrongemOn the Shortness of Lifeemstrong is Seneca's best-known work. It offers piercing and profound insights into human nature, and a vision of the good life, summarised in his aphorism, Life is long, if you know how to use it. Seneca elucidates many of the principles of modern productivity manuals, including the wise valuing of time ppemPeople are frugal in guarding their personal property but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy,-emppliving in the present emppemThe greatest obstacle to living i