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> [“For certainly old age has a great sense of calm and freedom; when the passions relax their hold, then, as Sophocles says, we are freed from the grasp not of one mad master only, but of many. The truth is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/for-certainly-old-age-has-a-great-sense-of-calm-and-freedom-when-the/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [“The stream of Time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off and bears away all things that come to birth and plunges them into utter darkness, both deeds of no account and deeds which are mighty and worthy of commemoration; as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-comnena/the-stream-of-time-irresistible-ever-moving-carries-off-and-bears/)

[Anna Comnena](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-comnena/)

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