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he kept his mind at full stretch like a bow, and never gave in to old age by growing slack
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The fact is that old age is respectable just as long as it asserts itself, maintains its proper rights, and is not enslaved to any one.
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An actor, in order to earn approval, is not bound to perform the play from beginning to end; let him only satisfy the audience in whatever act he appears.
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it was the virtue of the man that I loved, and that has not suffered death
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The real limit to be observed in friendship is this: the characters of two friends must be stainless.