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LAELIUS. Volumus sane, nisi molestum est, Cato, tamquam longam aliquam viam confeceris, quam nobis quoque ingrediundum sit, istuc, quo pervenisti, videre quale sit. III. 7 CATO. Faciam ut potero, Laeli. Saepe enim interfui querellis aequalium meorum, pares autem vetere proverbio cum paribus facillime congregantur, quae C. Salinator, quae Sp.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - Cato Maior de Senectute with Introduction and Notes

TAMQUAM LONGAM VIAM: Cicero here puts into Laelius' mouth almost the very words addressed by Socrates to the aged Cephalus in the introduction to Plato's Republic, 328 E. Observe the succession of similar sounds in tamquam, aliquam, longam, viam. VIAM CONFECERIS: so pro Quint. 79 conficere DCC milia passuum, conficere iter a common phrase.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - Cato Maior de Senectute with Introduction and Notes

Iug. 85, 19 ita aetatem agunt quasi vestros honores contemnunt, ita hos petunt quasi honeste vixerint. DIVINAREM: see references on 6 confeceris. ILLO EXSTINCTO: Fabius died in 203 B.C. FORE UNDE DISCEREM NEMINEM: cf. Acad. 1, 8 quae nemo adhuc docuerat nec erat unde studiosi scire possent.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - Cato Maior de Senectute with Introduction and Notes
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