“Old age is the harbor of all ills.”
Diogenes Laërtius (180–240) biographer of ancient Greek philosophers
Bion, 47.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy
“Old age is the harbor of all ills.”
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 48.
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