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The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.
The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.
Approximate author period: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
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- Michel de Montaigne
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- Approximate author period: c. 1562 AD · renaissance
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1533 to 1592; Wikidata Q41568, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41568 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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