Two Essays on Old Age & FriendshipMacmillan, 1900 - 210 pages |
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... , my dear Scipio and Laelius . Men , of course , who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome . But those who look for all happiness from within can never think anything bad 28 ON OLD AGE.
... , my dear Scipio and Laelius . Men , of course , who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome . But those who look for all happiness from within can never think anything bad 28 ON OLD AGE.
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... course not have been practising rapid marches , nor dashing on a foe , nor hurling spears from a distance , nor using swords at close quarters - but only Prudence is counsel , reason , and senatorial elo- quence . And if those qualities ...
... course not have been practising rapid marches , nor dashing on a foe , nor hurling spears from a distance , nor using swords at close quarters - but only Prudence is counsel , reason , and senatorial elo- quence . And if those qualities ...
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... course rashness is the note of youth , prudence of old age . sible to memory . 7. But , it is said , memory dwindles . It is pos- No doubt , unless you keep it in retain practice , or if you happen to be some- what dull by nature ...
... course rashness is the note of youth , prudence of old age . sible to memory . 7. But , it is said , memory dwindles . It is pos- No doubt , unless you keep it in retain practice , or if you happen to be some- what dull by nature ...
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... course of the same nature as each man's taste had been in the previous part of his life . Nay , do not S their stock of learn- " " ing ? We see Solon , for instance , boasting in his poems that he grows old " daily learning something ...
... course of the same nature as each man's taste had been in the previous part of his life . Nay , do not S their stock of learn- " " ing ? We see Solon , for instance , boasting in his poems that he grows old " daily learning something ...
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... course , he is said to have looked at his arms and to have exclaimed with tears in his eyes : " Ah well ! these are now as good as dead . " Not a bit more so than your- self , you trifler ! For at no time were you made famous by your ...
... course , he is said to have looked at his arms and to have exclaimed with tears in his eyes : " Ah well ! these are now as good as dead . " Not a bit more so than your- self , you trifler ! For at no time were you made famous by your ...
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Two Essays on Old Age & Friendship Marcus Tullius Cicero,Evelyn S. 1843-1906 Shuckburgh No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 60 - For he kept his mind at full stretch like a bow, and never gave in to old age by growing slack. He maintained not merely an influence but an absolute command over his family: his slaves feared him, his sons were in awe of him, all loved him. In that family, indeed, ancestral custom and discipline were in full vigour. The fact is that old age is respectable just as long as it asserts itself, maintains its proper rights, and is not enslaved to any one. For as I admire a young man who has something...