“The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.” —Seneca

“The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.”

Seneca Roman statesman, philosopher

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ntsane l from gauteng OCTOBER 27, 2012
This is the most empowering quote! I've started realizing something after reading it. Most of them are part of my past and the present living.

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