Two Essays on Old Age & FriendshipMacmillan, 1900 - 210 pages |
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... possible auspices , that any laws proposed against its interest were proposed against the auspices . I was cognisant of much that was admirable in that great man , but nothing struck me with greater astonishment than the way in which he ...
... possible auspices , that any laws proposed against its interest were proposed against the auspices . I was cognisant of much that was admirable in that great man , but nothing struck me with greater astonishment than the way in which he ...
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... all is as well as possible with him . Not so with me ; for as I entered life before him , it would have been fairer for me to leave it also before him . Yet such is the pleasure I take in recalling our friendship , ON FRIENDSHIP 127.
... all is as well as possible with him . Not so with me ; for as I entered life before him , it would have been fairer for me to leave it also before him . Yet such is the pleasure I take in recalling our friendship , ON FRIENDSHIP 127.
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... possible . I do not deny that affection is strengthened by the actual receipt of benefits , as well as by the perception of a wish to render service , combined with a closer and not mere material advantages . intercourse . When these ON ...
... possible . I do not deny that affection is strengthened by the actual receipt of benefits , as well as by the perception of a wish to render service , combined with a closer and not mere material advantages . intercourse . When these ON ...
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... his Some opinions on friendship own hands ; it is too bad to be in- refuted . volved in the cares of other people . The wisest course is to hold the reins of friendship as loose as possible ; you can then 158 ON FRIENDSHIP.
... his Some opinions on friendship own hands ; it is too bad to be in- refuted . volved in the cares of other people . The wisest course is to hold the reins of friendship as loose as possible ; you can then 158 ON FRIENDSHIP.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh. of friendship as loose as possible ; you can then tighten or slacken them at your will . will . For the first condition of a happy life is freedom from care , which no one's mind can enjoy ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh. of friendship as loose as possible ; you can then tighten or slacken them at your will . will . For the first condition of a happy life is freedom from care , which no one's mind can enjoy ...
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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...