Source: The Tin Flute (1945), P.275-276
“I grow old ever learning many things.”
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Solón
Plutarch, Solon, ch. 31; translation by Bernadotte Perrin. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plut.+Sol.+31.1
Variant translation: As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
Original
Γηράσκω δ’ αἰεὶ πολλὰ διδασκόμενος.
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