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Cicero: “These are not hindered by any extent of old age, and seem to me to approach nearest to the ideal wise man's life.”

On the record44 BC
These are not hindered by any extent of old age, and seem to me to approach nearest to the ideal wise man's life.
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Cicero

Editor's note · Context

In a discussion on the joys of old age, Cicero asserts that the pursuits of farming are enduring and align with the life of a wise person.

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