Holden,
Once again thank you for sharing this quote. Powerful words uttered by the Roman in his time.
We, humans, are just living graves on this Earth. Some say life is a forest. A very ugly forest. The majority hugs the trees or hugs their chains, i.e. work, marriage, career, status, etc., even if the trees are twisted. And the trees will fall one day. The dark woodcutter will come.
Indeed, as Seneca says, we will be all made equal in the same ashes. All this journey ending in ashes. What a macabre joke!
To know and realize this madness complicates existence in this world. This knowledge is not prescribed for patients who want life free from problematic issues.
I found this quote by Nicolas de Chamfort who wrote: “Living is a disease from the pains of which sleep eases us every sixteen hours; sleep is but a palliative, death alone is the cure.”
Stay safe.