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One man who came to Sparta, and observed the honour which the young render to the old, said, ‘Only in Sparta does it pay to grow old.’ 1
1 A similar sentiment is attributed to Lysander by Cicero, De senectute, 18 (63).
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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