Cur non ut plenus vitae conviva recedis aequo animoque capis securam, stulte, quietem?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Why leave life while still full of it and accept peaceful rest without struggle if you are content?
- In plain terms
- If you have lived well, why not die peacefully and happily?
- What can you take from it?
- Accept death gracefully when your life is complete.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What would make you feel your life was complete?
- How do you want to face the end?
Another view
People may not want to leave even when life is good.
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