"It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment; in these qualities old age is not only not poorer, but even richer."
— Dexterity

January 1, 1970

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Marcus Tullius Cicero, in Erdman Ballagh Palmore Ageism: Negative and Positive, Springer Publishing Company, 1 January 1999, p. 128