It is not lawful for a man to bypass gray old age, and recover flourishing youth. And yet the gleam of a mortal's excellence does not diminish along with the body. Bacchylides. Epinicians. Ode 3
Image: Old Fisherman or Dying Seneca 2nd century CE Roman copy of Hellenistic original Black Marble and Alabaster photographed at The Louvre in Paris, France.
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