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> # Nec prorsum vitam ducendo demimus hilum tempore de mortis nec delibare valemus.

[Lucretius](https://quotesby.net/Lucretius)\#19

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Living longer does not actually take away from the fixed span of time before death.In plain termsYou cannot shorten death by living more years.What can you take from it?Accept that life length does not change the inevitability of death.

### Where it applies

- aging
- health decisions
- life planning

### Putting it to work

- focus on quality not quantity
- accept natural limits
- live in the present

### Questions to consider

- Does how long you live matter more than how?
- How do you measure a good life?

### Another view

Longer life can still offer more experiences and value.

## More from Lucretius

1. > Nam petere imperium quod inanus nec datur umquam, atque in eo semper durum sufferre laborem, hoc est adverso nixantem trudere monte saxa quod tamen e summo iam…

[Permalink to quote \#18](https://quotesby.net/Lucretius/18/ "Permalink to quote 18")
2. > Ut quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum.

[Permalink to quote \#20](https://quotesby.net/Lucretius/20/ "Permalink to quote 20")
3. > Cur non ut plenus vitae conviva recedis aequo animoque capis securam, stulte, quietem?

[Permalink to quote \#17](https://quotesby.net/Lucretius/17/ "Permalink to quote 17")

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1. > There is no reason for amazement: surely one always knew that cultures decay, and life's end is death.

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2. > Time wounds all heels.

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