Avarice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to
increase our provisions for the read the nearer we approach to our
journey's end.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
increase our provisions for the read the nearer we approach to our
journey's end.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
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