Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in bot…

Joseph Addison
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both. ✨ Joseph Addison (2016). Cato: A tragedy in five acts, p.34, Jazzybee Verlag
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