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Old Age and the Alternative
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"Old age, as you say, is repulsive, but then why squander your breath?"
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1992
Old Age and the Alternative
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Author note: (A reply to the poet Crates who said that old age was despicable and that everyone suffering from it secretly longed for death) see Elegy and Iambus Vol 11 ed. Edmonds, p. 65.
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