Each day grew older, and learnt something new.
Solon (c. 638 BC - 558 BC) Athenian statesman, lawmaker, poet
Quoted in Plutarch, “Solon,” Parallel Lives [tr. Dryden (1693); ed. Clough (1859)]
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Alt. trans.:
- "Old to grow, but ever learning." [tr. Stewart & Long (1881)]
- "I grow old in the pursuit of learning." [tr. Langhorne & Langhorne (1831)]
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