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Undoubtedly, Scipio and Laelius, the most suitable
defences of old age are the principles and practice
of the virtues, which, if cultivated in every period
[p. 19]
of life, bring forth wonderful fruits at the close of a
long and busy career, not only because they never
fail you even at the very end of life—although that
is a matter of highest moment—but also because
it is most delightful to have the consciousness of a
life well spent and the memory of many deeds
worthily performed.
Cicero: De Senectute De Amicitia De Divinatione. With An English Translation. William Armistead Falconer. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1923.
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