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I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was ridiculous, who after sixty years, appealed to a physician.
I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was ridiculous, who after sixty years, appealed to a physician.
Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
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- Plutarch
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- Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
author lifetime midpoint (46–120)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 503 · quotation 11 · Plutarch · De Sanitate tuenda. Vol. II.
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