Cato sextum et octogesimum annum agens, dum in re publica tuenda iuvenili animo perstat, ab inimicis capitali crimine accusatus causam suam egit, neque aut memoriam eius quisquam tardiorem aut firmitatem lateris ulla ex parte quassatam aut os haesitatione impeditum animadvertit, quia omnia ista in suo statu aequali ac perpetua industria continebat.
In his eighty-sixth year Cato took part in public affairs with the spirit of a young man. Prosecuted by his enemies on a capital charge, he pleaded his own case, nor did anyone notice that his memory was slower or the strength of his lungs in any degree enfeebled or his mouth impeded by hesitation. For by steady and perpetual diligence he used to keep all these things in going order.
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