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“Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Alcestis. 669.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 99cb4134eaa192b23520398459610d5378debea3ed94d3892f44892089b212e1
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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