“We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as…” Joseph Addison

We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.

In today’s wordsWe're always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though they'd never end.

Joseph AddisonCommonly attributed

Source: From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893
Often credited to: Often attributed to Seneca.

Joseph Addison: We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be…