Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old ag…

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Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils. ✨ Plutarch, Matthew Morgan (1718). Plutarch's Morals, p.223
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Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils. ✨ Plutarch, Matthew Morgan (1718). Plutarch's Morals, p.223

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