Gorgias etiam Leontinus, Isocratis et complurium magni ingenii virorum praeceptor, sua sententia felicissimus: nam cum centesimum et septimum ageret annum, interrogatus quapropter tam diu vellet in vita remanere, quia nihil inquit habeo quod senectutem meam accusem.
Gorgias of Leontini also, teacher of Isocrates and a number of other highly gifted men, was in his own opinion most fortunate. When he was in his hundred and seventh year, he was asked why he wanted to remain in life so long. Because, he replied, I have nothing to say against my old age.
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