On the record44 BC
An actor, in order to earn approval, is not bound to perform the play from beginning to end; let him only satisfy the audience in whatever act he appears.
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Cicero
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In his essay on old age, Cicero uses the analogy of an actor to illustrate that the value of life is not in its length but in how well one lives it.
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