In fact, old age, especially when it has enjoyed honours, has an influence worth all the pleasures of youth put together.
Cicero: “In fact, old age, especially when it has enjoyed honours, has an influence worth all the pleasures of youth put…”
On the record44 BC
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Cicero
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From a discourse on the advantages of old age, this sentence asserts the superior value of the influence gained in later years.
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