We begin to die as soon as we are born, and the end is linked to the beginning.
—Marcus Manilius
Topics: Dying, Death
A docile disposition will, with application, surmount every difficulty.
—Marcus Manilius
Every one is poorer in proportion as he has more wants, and counts not what he has, but wishes only for what he has not.
—Marcus Manilius
Labor is a pleasure in itself.
—Marcus Manilius
Topics: Labor
We are always beginning to live, but are never living.
—Marcus Manilius
Topics: The Present
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