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The Purpose of Life

The Diplo calendar 2022 realized by Stefano Baldi is focussed on the so called “borghi”, which are quaint little villages with an interesting history and architecture, where time seems to have stopped. The calendar presents a selection of quotes of Latin wisdom.

Here is the selected quotation for the month of January:

“A life without purpose
is an aimless one”

“Vita sine proposito vaga est”

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

 

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Getting to destination

The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.

For the month of April the selected quotation is by Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was a tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing no wind is favourable

Calendar 2016 Festival_im_Page_07

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