One, By living long, sees much he hates to see

One, By living long, sees much he hates to see. From Caecilius' comedy, Plocium, quoted by Cicero's Cato the Elder: On Old Age. Section 25.

Image: Ajax (the Lesser) and Cassandra by Solomon Joseph Solomon, 1886, courtesy of the Art Renewal Project and Wikimedia Commons.

Note: This Ajax was the son of Oileus, king of Locris, not the famous Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. After the taking of Troy, Ajax the Lesser rushed into the temple of Athena, where Cassandra had taken refuge, and was embracing the statue of the goddess in supplication. Ajax violently dragged her away and according to some writers, raped her. Odysseus called for Ajax's death but Ajax took refuge in the temple of another deity. The Greeks, fearing divine retribution should they kill him and destroy the altar, allowed him to live. But Athena, furious over the violation of her priestess, destroyed his ship on the "Whirling Rocks" while he was returning home from Troy. In another version his ship was wrecked off the coast of Euboea and he was lifted up by a whirlwind and impaled by fire from Athena's chest.