Seneca the Younger Quotes About Age

• Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.

  Seneca the Younger

  Birthday, Happiness, Believe

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Age, Care

  "Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium". Book by Seneca the Younger, LXI, c. 65 AD.

• Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.

  Seneca the Younger

  Sorry, Discovery, Age

• The time will come when diligent research over periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden...Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when memories of us will have been effaced. Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has something for every age to investigate. nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all.

  Seneca the Younger

  Nature, Sorry, Memories

• The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Wise, Simple

• 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

  Love, Life, Time

• There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.

  Seneca the Younger

  Time, Men, Long

• An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them.

  Seneca the Younger

  Time, Cities, Age

• Life is long if it is full.

  Seneca the Younger

  Long, Age, Aging

• No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day.

  Seneca the Younger

  Age, One More Day, Old Age

• Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.

  Seneca the Younger

  Age, And Love, Use

• How many discoveries are reserved for the ages to come when our memory shall be no more, for this world of ours contains matter for investigation for all generations.

  Seneca the Younger

  Memories, Science, Discovery

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