“Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.”
Augustus (-63–14 BC) founder of Julio-Claudian dynasty and first emperor of the Roman Empire
“Young men," said Cæsar, "hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.”
— Plutarch
Cæsar Augustus
Roman Apophthegms
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