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nihil igitur afferunt qui in re gerenda versari
senectutem negant, similesque sunt ut si qui
gubernatorem in navigando nihil agere dicant,
cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, alii
sentinam exhauriant, ille clavum tenens quietus
sedeat in puppi; non faciat ea, quae iuvenes; at
vero multo maiora et meliora facit. non viribus
aut velocitate aut celeritate corporum res magnae
geruntur, sed consilio auctoritate sententia, quibus
non modo non orbari, sed etiam augeri senectus
solet.
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