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Cicero: “The fact is that the blame for all complaints of that kind is to be charged to character, not to a particular time of…”

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The fact is that the blame for all complaints of that kind is to be charged to character, not to a particular time of life.
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Cicero

Editor's note · Context

In a philosophical dialogue on the challenges of aging, Cicero asserts that personal character, rather than age itself, is the true source of discontent.

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