And yet that same failure of the bodily forces is more often brought about by the vices of youth than of old age; for a dissolute and intemperate youth hands down the body to old age in a worn-out state.
Cicero contends that physical decline in old age is frequently a consequence of a dissolute and intemperate youth, rather than an inherent aspect of aging.
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