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Classical antiquity2 quotes
The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same things. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long. — Seneca · 65Old Testament Era1 quote
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. — Psalm 90:10 · 450 BC