On the record44 BC
Now, old age is as it were the playing out of the drama, the full fatigue of which we should shun, especially when we also feel that we have had more than enough of it.
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Cicero
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Editor's note · Context
Using a theatrical metaphor in his work on aging, Cicero describes old age as the final act of life's drama, suggesting one should avoid its weariness.
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