While you put life off, it runs past.

What it means

Every plan to start living later costs you the present. Life does not wait while you postpone it. Whatever you keep saving for someday, begin some part of it now.

The source

"While you put life off, it runs past." Seneca said it in Letters to Lucilius 1.3. Translated from the original Latin by Spartan Surfers.

"Dum differtur vita transcurrit."

Original Latin, Letters to Lucilius 1.3. Text read at thelatinlibrary.com.

Who said it

Seneca (c. 4 BC–65 AD). Stoic philosopher, playwright and adviser to the emperor Nero. His letters to his friend Lucilius are the most readable handbook of Stoicism ever written.

Questions

What does "While you put life off, it runs past." mean?

Every plan to start living later costs you the present. Life does not wait while you postpone it. Whatever you keep saving for someday, begin some part of it now.

Who said "While you put life off, it runs past."?

Seneca (c. 4 BC–65 AD). Source: Letters to Lucilius 1.3.

What is the original Latin?

Dum differtur vita transcurrit. Translated from the original Latin by Spartan Surfers.

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