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How to Grow Old

 How to Grow Old 

Marcus Tullius Cicero 


1- A good old age begins in youth 

2- Old age can be a wonderful part of life 

3-There are proper seasons to life 

4- Older people have much to teach to the young 

5- Old age not deny us an active life but we need to accept limitations 

6- The mind is a muscle that must be exercised

7- Older people must stand up for themselves 

8-Sex is highly overrated 

9- Cultivate your own garden 

10-Death is not to be feared 


Who was Marcus Tullius Cicero?

106 BC- 43 BC

Roman, statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher and academic skeptic 

Famous for his orations on politics and society.



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