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Cicero on Retirement

b. 106 BC

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You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality.

A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age.

Whoever gives his labor for money sells himself and puts himself in the rank of slaves.

No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year.

Unravelling the web of Penelope.

O what times (are these)! what morals!

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.

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