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AEOLUS: THE OLD MEN by EURIPIDES

First Line: ALAS, HOW RIGHT THE ANCIENT SAYING IS
Last Line: AND HAVE NO WITS, ALTHOUGH WE THINK US WISE.
Subject(s): OLD AGE;
ALAS, how right the ancient saying is:
We, who are old, are nothing else but noise
And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go,
And have no wits, although we think us wise.



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