Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late... - Horace

This quote is attributed to Horace.

"Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late."

Horace Life

Poet Ancient Rome 65–8

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"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero."

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