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Because of this friendly impulse, I, as a young
man, became attached to those old men, Lucius
Paulus, Marcus Cato, Gaius Gallus, Publius Nasica,
and Tiberius Gracchus, father-in-law of my deal
Scipio. And while that feeling is stronger between
men of the same age, as between Scipio, Lucius
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Furius, Publius Rupilius, Spurius Mummius, and
myself; yet, in turn, now that I am old, I find
pleasure in the affection of young men, like yourselves and Quintus Tubero; and I find delight also
in social intercourse with still younger men like
Publius Rutilius and Aulus Verginius. And since
it is the law of human life and of human nature
that a new generation is ever coming forth, it is
really most desirable, when you can, to reach the
goal, so to speak, with men of your own age—those
with whom you began the race of life.
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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