# Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 8.7e.14

Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, Book 8, Chapter 7e. Latin.

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Nam Solon quanta industria flagrauerit et uersibus conplexus est, quibus significat se cotidie aliquid addiscentem senescere, et supremo uitae die confirmauit, quod adsidentibus amicis et quadam de re sermonem inter se conferentibus fatis iam pressum caput erexit interrogatusque quapropter id fecisset respondit 'ut, cum istud, quidquid est, de quo disputatis, percepero, moriar'. migrasset profecto ex hominibus inertia, si eo animo uitam ingrederentur, quo eam Solon egressus est.

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Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, ed. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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