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It is always in season for old men to learn.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
Approximate author period: c. 491 BC · classical
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- Æschylus
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- Approximate author period: c. 491 BC · classical
author lifetime midpoint (-525–-456)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 12 · quotation 20 · Æschylus · Age.
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