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Active exercise, therefore, and temperance can preserve some part of one's former strength even in old age.
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Cicero
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gutenberg.orgCicero: “Active exercise, therefore, and temperance can preserve some part of one's former strength even in old age.”
Editor's note · Context
From his philosophical treatise on aging, Cicero advises on maintaining physical well-being in later life.
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