Sententiae [Moral Sayings], # 621 [tr. Lyman (1862)] - Publilius Syrus

How long is life to the wretched, how short for the happy!

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher [less correctly Publius Syrus]
Sententiae [Moral Sayings], # 621 [tr. Lyman (1862)]

Added on 27-Jul-11 | Last updated 20-Feb-17
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Topics: brevity, endurance, grind, happiness, life, life span, living, misery, relativity, sadness
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