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		<title>Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- De Senectute [Cato Maior; On Old Age], ch. 23 / sec. 84 (23.84) (44 BC) [tr. Melmoth (1773)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In short, I consider this world as a place which nature never designed for my permanent abode, and I look upon my departure out of it, not as being driven away from my habitation, but as leaving my inn. [Et ex vita ita discedo tamquam ex hospitio, non tamquam e domo; commorandi enim natura devorsorium [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In short, I consider this world as a place which nature never designed for my permanent abode, and I look upon my departure out of it, not as being driven away from my habitation, but as leaving my inn.</p>
<p><em>[Et ex vita ita discedo tamquam ex hospitio, non tamquam e domo; commorandi enim natura devorsorium nobis, non habitandi dedit.]</em></p>
<br><b>Marcus Tullius Cicero</b> (106–43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher<br><i>De Senectute [Cato Maior; On Old Age]</i>, ch. 23 / sec. 84 (23.84) (44 BC) [tr. Melmoth (1773)] 
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(<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2007.01.0038%3Asection%3D84#:~:text=et%20ex%20vita%20ita%20discedo%20tamquam%20ex%20hospitio%2C%20non%20tamquam%20e%20domo%3B%20commorandi%20enim%20natura%20devorsorium%20nobis%2C%20non%20habitandi%20dedit.">Source (Latin)</a>). Other translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>I departe me from this presente life as a walkyng weyfaryng man or as a voyagieng pilgryme departith from some lodgyng place or an hostellrye for to come to his owne dwellyng house. But I departe me not from this life as the lorde departeth from his owne house for this passable life is nowght ellys but as a lodgyng place or an hostellrye.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A69111.0001.001/1:3.6?rgn=div2;view=fulltext#:~:text=I%20departe%20me,an%20hos%E2%88%A3tellrye">Worcester/Worcester/Scrope</a> (1481)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And I depart out of this life as out of an inn, and not out of a dwellinghouse. For nature hath given to us a lodging to remain and sojourn in for a time, and not to dwell in continually. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/cicerosbooksfri00harrgoog/page/n186/mode/2up?q=%22and+i+depart%22">Newton</a> (1569)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And I depart out of this life, as from an Inne, not as from a continuall habitation; for nature hath given us a place to rest in, not to dwell in. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A33149.0001.001/1:4.24?rgn=div2;view=fulltext#:~:text=and%20I%20depart%20out%20of%20this%20life%2C%20as%20from%20an%20Inne%2C%20not%20as%20from%20a%20continuall%20ha%E2%88%A3bitation%3B%20for%20nature%20hath%20given%20us%20a%20place%20to%20rest%20in%2C%20not%20to%20dwell%20in.">Austin</a> (1648)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Hence from an Inne, not from my home, I pass,<br>
Since Nature meant us here no dwelling place.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/B21163.0001.001/1:4.5?rgn=div2;view=fulltext#:~:text=Hence%20from%20an,no%20dwelling%20place.">Denham</a> (1669)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I have not frustrated the End of Nature, and am disposed to leave this life, <i>with as much Indifference, as an Inn upon the Road;</i> for Nature here intends us a <i>Lodging</i> only, not a <i>Fixed Home or Settled Place of Habitation.</i><br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cicero_on_Old_Age_a_Dialogue/-DVcAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22end%20of%20nature%22">Hemming</a> (1716)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And now I go from this Life as from an Inn; for Nature hath given it us as a Place to rest in, but not for a continual Habitation.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cato_Major_Or_Marcus_Tullius_Cicero_s_Tr/dehhAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22from%20this%20life%22">J. D.</a> (1744)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And when the Close comes, I shall quit Life as I would an Inn, and not as a real Home. For Nature appears to me to have ordain'd this Station here for us, as a Place of Sojournment, a transitory Abode only, and not as a fixt Settlement or permanent Habitation.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=evans;c=evans;idno=N04335.0001.001;node=N04335.0001.001:5.23;seq=1;rgn=div2;view=text#:~:text=and%20when%20the%20Close%20comes%2C%20I%20shall%20quit%20Life%20as%20I%20would%20an%20Inn%2C%20and%20not%20as%20a%20real%20Home.%20For%20Nature%20appears%20to%20me%20to%20have%20ordain%27d%20this%20Station%20here%20for%20us%2C%20as%20a%20Place%20of%20So%7Cjournment%2C%20a%20transitory%20Abode%20only%2C%20and%20not%20as%20a%20sixt%20Settlement%20or%20permanent%20Ha%7Cbitation.">Logan</a> (1744)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I depart out of life just as out of an inn, and not as out of my home. For Nature has given us an hotel to sojourn in, not a place to dwell in.<br>
[<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cicero_on_Old_Age_Literally_Translated_E/OKb5knapj7IC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22depart%20out%22">Cornish Bros.</a> ed. (1847)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And from this life I depart as from a temporary lodging, not as from a home. For nature has assigned it to us as an inn to sojourn in, not a place of habitation.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/cicerosthreeboo00cice/page/260/mode/2up?q=%22from+this+life%22">Edmonds</a> (1874)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Yet I depart from life, as from an inn, not as from a home; for nature has given us here a lodging for a sojourn, not a place of habitation.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cicero_de_Senectute/Text#:~:text=Yet%20I%20depart%20from%20life%2C%20as%20from%20an%20inn%2C%20not%20as%20from%20a%20home%3B%20for%20nature%20has%20given%20us%20here%20a%20lodging%20for%20a%20sojourn%2C%20not%20a%20place%20of%20habitation.">Peabody</a> (1884)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>But I quit life as I would an inn, not as I would a home. For nature has given us a place of entertainment, not of residence.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2808/pg2808-images.html#link2H_4_0003:~:text=But%20I%20quit%20life%20as%20I%20would%20an%20inn%2C%20not%20as%20I%20would%20a%20home.%20For%20nature%20has%20given%20us%20a%20place%20of%20entertainment%2C%20not%20of%20residence.">Shuckburgh</a> (1895)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">I now depart<br>
As from a lodging; house, and not a home. <br>
Nature has made this world a place in which <br>
One stays a little, does not dwell for aye.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark%3A%2F13960%2Ft70v9281n&view=2up&seq=70&q1=%22i+now+depart%22">Allison</a> (1916)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home. For Nature has given us an hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2007.01.0039%3Asection%3D84#:~:text=and%20I%20quit%20life%20as%20if%20it%20were%20an%20inn%2C%20not%20a%20home.%20For%20Nature%20has%20given%20us%20an%20hostelry%20in%20which%20to%20sojourn%2C%20not%20to%20abide.">Falconer</a> (1923)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>But what nature gives us is a place to dwell in temporarily, not one to make our own. When I leave life, therefore, I shall feel as if I am leaving a hostel rather than a home.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Selected_Works_Cicero_Marcus_Tullius/7g1OF04FoW8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22dwell%20in%20temporarily%22">Grant</a> (1960, 1971 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And I am departing from life as from a temporary lodging, not as from a home. Yes, nature has given a spot where we may turn aside for a time, not a place of permanent residence.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/onoldageonfriend0000unse/page/40/mode/2up?q=%22departing+from+life%22">Copley</a> (1967)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>But I do feel as though I am leaving an inn, not my home. Nature has given us a place to stay for a while, but not for ever.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/redflareciceroso0000cice/page/66/mode/2up?q=%22leaving+an+inn%22">Cobbold</a> (2012)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I leave this life as I would leave<br>
An inn and not a home. Nature<br>
Gave us in fact a temporary hotel,<br>
Not a permanent place in which to dwell.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.crtpesaro.it/Materiali/Latino/De%20Senectute.php#:~:text=I%20leave%20this%20life%20as%20I%20would%20leave%0AAn%20inn%20and%20not%20a%20home.%20Nature%0AGave%20us%20in%20fact%20a%20temporary%20hotel%2C%0ANot%20a%20permanent%20place%20in%20which%20to%20dwell.">Bozzi</a> (2015)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I depart from life as if from an inn, not a house. Nature gives us our bodies to abide in only for a time as guests, not to make our home.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/How_to_Grow_Old/AW2YDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22depart%20from%20life%22">Freeman</a> (2016)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>And I am leaving life as if from an inn, not a home. For nature has given us a way-station for a brief delay, not to permanently reside.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2018/03/25/leaving-life-as-if-from-an-inn-not-a-home/#:~:text=And%20I%20am%20leaving%20life%20as%20if%20from%20an%20inn%2C%20not%20a%20home.%20For%20nature%20has%20given%20us%20a%20way%2Dstation%20for%20a%20brief%20delay%2C%20not%20to%20permanently%20reside.">@sentantiq</a> (2018)]</blockquote><br>
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		<title>Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. -- Article (1859-11), &#8220;The Professor at the Breakfast-Table,&#8221; Atlantic Monthly</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most persons have died before they expire &#8212; died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the doors of the already deserted mansion. Sometimes misquoted as &#8220;Many persons &#8230;.&#8221; Collected in The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, ch. 11 (1859).]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most persons have died before they expire &#8212; died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the doors of the already deserted mansion.</p>
<br><b>Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.</b> (1809–1894) American poet, essayist, scholar<br>Article (1859-11), &#8220;The Professor at the Breakfast-Table,&#8221; <i>Atlantic Monthly</i> 
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Sometimes misquoted as "Many persons ...."<br><br>

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